Serodiagnosis of bovine cysticercosis by detecting live Taenia saginata cysts using a monoclonal antibody-based antigen-ELISA

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 201-206

  Wanzala, W ^a   Onyango Abuje, J A ^b   Kang'ethe, E K ^a   Ochanda, H ^a   Harrison, L J S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b National Veterinary Research Centre   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigens; Bovine cysticercosis; ELISA; Sero diagnosis; Taenia saginata; Total dissection

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYST; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISSECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERD; LINEAR SYSTEM; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAENIA SAGINATA; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CYSTICERCUS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; TAENIA; TAENIA SAGINATA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAENIA SAGINATA;

EID: 0037974725     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v73i4.587     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Baumeister S, Schuh C, Dennis R D, Walther M, Pfister K, Geyer E 1995 Bovine cysticercosis: demonstration in experimentally infected calves of serum IgG antibodies reactive with neutral glycolipids of Taenia saginata and T. crassiceps metacestodes. Parasitology Research 81(1): 18-25
2. Brandt A R J, Geerts S, De Deken R, Kumar V, Ceulemans F, Brijs L, Falla N 1992 A monoclonal antibody-based ELISA for the detection of circulating excretory-secretory antigens in Taenia saginata cysticercosis. International Journal of Parasitology 22: 471-477
3. Craig P S, Rickard M D 1980 Evaluation of 'crude' antigen prepared from Taenia saginata for the serological diagnosis of Taenia saginata cysticercosis in cattle using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, ELISA. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 61: 287-297
4. Craig P S, Rickard M D 1981 Studies on the specific immunodiagnosis of larval cestode infections of cattle and sheep using antigens purified by affinity cysticercosis. Parasite Immunology 11: 351-370
5. Dorny P, Vercammen F, Brandt J, Vansteenkiste W, Berkvens D, Geerts G 2000 Seroepidemiological study of Taenia saginata cysticercosis in Belgian cattle. Veterinary Parasitology 88(1-2): 43-49
6. Draelants E, Brandt J R A, Kumar V, Geerts S 1995 Characterization of epitopes on excretory-secretory antigens of Taenia saginata metacestodes recognized by monoclonal antibodies with immunodiagnostic potential. Parasite Immunology 17(3): 119-126
7. Fan P C 1997 Annual economic loss caused by Taenia saginata taeniasis in East Asia. Parasitology Today 13: 194-35
8. Geerts S, Kumar V, Ceulemans F, Mortelmans J 1981a Serodiagnosis of Taenia saginata cysticercosis in experimentally and naturally infected cattle by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Research in Veterinary Sciences 30: 288-293
9. Geerts S, Kumar V, Aerts N, Ceulemans F, 1981b Comparative evaluation of immunoelectrophoresis, counterimmunoelectrophoresis, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of Taenia saginata cysticercosis. Veterinary Parasitology 8: 299-307
10. Grindle R J 1978 Economic losses resulting from bovine cysticercosis with special reference to Botswana and Kenya. Tropical Animal Health and Production 10: 127-140
11. Harrison S J L, Joshua P W G, Wright H S, Parkhouse E M R 1989 Specific detection of circulating surface/secreted glycoproteins of viable cysticerci in Taenia saginata cysticercosis. Parasite Immunology 11: 351-370
12. Hughes G, Hoque M, Tewes M S, Wright S H, Harrison S J L 1993 Seroepidemiological study of Taenia saginata cysticercosis in Swaziland. Research in Veterinary Sciences 51: 287-291
13. Lightowlers M W Rolfe R, Gauci C G 1996 Taenia saginata: Vaccination against cysticercosis in cattle with recombinant oncosphere antigens. Experimental Parasitology 84(3): 330-338
14. Mann I 1983 Environmental hygiene and sanitation based on the concept of primary health care as a tool for surveillance, prevention and control of taeniasis/cysticercosis. Current Publication in Health Research in the Tropics 36: 127-140
15. Martin W S, Meak H A, Willeberg P 1987 (eds) Veterinary epidemiology - principles and methods (2nd edn). University Press, Ames: 59-76
16. Meat Control Act 1977 Kenya Government Printers, Nairobi
17. Olds G E 1938 (ed.) Tabulated values for rank correlation. Annals of Mathematical Statistics IX.
18. Onyango-Abuje J A, Hughes G, Opicha M, Nginyi M K, Rugutt K M, Wright H S, Harrison S J L 1996 Diagnosis of Taenia saginata cysticercosis in Kenyan cattle by antibody and antigen ELISA. Veterinary Parasitology 61: 221-230
19. Silverman P H 1954a Studies on the biology of some tapeworms of the genus Taenia. I. Factors affecting hatching and activation of taeniid ova, and some criteria of their viability. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 48: 207-215
20. Silverman P H 1954b Studies on the biology of some tapeworms of the genus Taenia. II. The morphology and development of the taeniid hexacanth embryo and its enclosing membranes, with some notes on the state of development and propagation of gravid segments. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 48: 356-366
21. Silverman P H 1956 The infectivity of the hexacanth embryo of Taenia pisiformis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 50: 7-8
22. Stevenson P 1983 Observation on the hatching and activation of fresh Taenia saginata eggs. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 77(4): 399-404
23. Van Kerckhoven I, Vansteenkiste W, Claes M, Geerts G, Brandt J 1998 Improved detection of circulating antigen in cattle infected with Taenia saginata metacestodes. Veterinary Parasitology 76(4): 269-274
24. Weil G J F, Liftis F 1987 Identification and partial characterisation of a parasite antigen in sera from humans infected with Wuchereria bancrofti. Journal of Immunology 138: 3035-3041