Bibliographic citations
Jiménez, J., (2006). Evaluación del Western Blot con el antígeno recombinante reES33 para el diagnóstico de teniosis por Taenia solium [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/239
Jiménez, J., Evaluación del Western Blot con el antígeno recombinante reES33 para el diagnóstico de teniosis por Taenia solium [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; 2006. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/239
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title = "Evaluación del Western Blot con el antígeno recombinante reES33 para el diagnóstico de teniosis por Taenia solium",
author = "Jiménez Chunga, Juan Atilio",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos",
year = "2006"
}
Taenia solium is a zoonotic cestode whose definitive host is the human. The tapeworms that infect humans are T. solium and T. saginata, and are of cosmopolitan distribution. Conventional techniques for diagnosis of Taenia carriers include the use of microscopy to detect the presence of eggs in feces, a technique that is simple yet has a low sensitivity (38% a 78%), the use of coproantigen which has a grater sensitivity (95.7%) and the use of techniques based on DNA (100% specificity). However, techniques using DNA require sophisticated equipment and infrastructure, as well as the use of expensive reagents. Another alternative for taeniosis diagnosis is the detection of the serum antibody using Western Blot technique. The use of Western blot has been evaluated with the recombinant antigen rES33 for the serological diagnosis of taeniosis as a result of T. solium infection in humans. We collected serum samples from a population of 472 patients and subsequently divided the population into three groups: carriers that eliminated T. solium (202), carriers that eliminated T. saginata (20) and patients residing in non endemic zones of Peru who acted as negative controls (250). The resulting sensitivity of the test was 97.5% (197/202) with a specificity of 100% (0/270), whereas positive analysis by microscopy and coproantigen were 87.8% (172/196) and 92% (150/163) respectively. Furthermore the serum of carriers of T . saginata did not cross react with the recombinant antigen (0/20). Faeces samples were obtained pre-treatment from the patients who eliminated T. solium. We consider the use of the Western blot with rES33 to be an important and an interesting diagnostic tool that can be used to detect or to confirm the presence of taeniosis as a result of infection by T. solium.
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