Contribution to the serological diagnosis of sarcocystosis
Cerná, Z.; Kolárová, I.
Folia Parasitologica 25(4): 289-292
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0015-5683 PMID: 105972 Document Number: 124676
The importance of the IFA test (Indirect Fluorescent Antibody test) in the diagnosis of sarcocystosis in the intermediate host has been confirmed. The first appearance of serum antibodies in the intermediate host in mice inoculated experimentally with Sarcocystis dispersa was on day 20. Cross-reactions among antisera of S. dispersa and a heterologous antigen of S. cernae disclosed that the reaction was not species-specific, but genus-specific. In addition, the antigenic structure of the genus Frenkelia was identical to that of the genus Sarcocystis, as cross reactions with the IFA test were identical. [AS].