Advances in the immunodiagnosis of parasitic infections.

摘要: In summary, with the availability of commercial reagents, growth parasitic serology is rapidly accelerating. I believe diagnostic work being performed today represents an investigation “tip iceberg.” Unless some policy evaluation and certification initiated, we risk appearance poor reagents in laboratory publication critical articles suggesting that our tests are nonspecific useless. Technical developments have brought us to full or partial automation serologic tests. Research on purification isolation antigens has not kept pace development methodology. Evaluation sophisticated methods, such as radioimmunoassay, for diagnosis infections only beginning appear literature. Greater emphasis must be placed use sensitive methods laboratory. With exception Asian workers, who reported recovery antigen urine patients diseases, recent reports serum schistosomiasis United States, entire focus been detection antibodies. Since shown circulate body fluids individuals a number infections, both specific evaluated their detection. protozoan most highly developed. For helminth require enhanced sensitivity specificity, especially areas where more than one species infects man. The nematode requires work. Toward this end, encourage further separation