Detection of Entamoeba histolytica antigen in stool specimens by using ELISA in Basrah province

Authors

  • Aseel Al-Yaquob

Keywords:

E. histolytica, ELISA, Basrah

Abstract

In the present study, we have been used an Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay  ( ELISA) for detection of E. histolytica \ E. dispar and comparing it with microscopic examination
 Sixty five samples were examined by ioden staining was positive in 35 ( 53.6 % ) then these iodine positive samples examined by ELISA a lotof which 33 ( 94.2 % ) were positive in the mean time 4 ( 13.33 % ) were positive in ELISA although that they were negative in microscopic exam.It can be concluded that microscopical examination has low sensitivity and specificity in comparision with ELISA.

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Published

2010-01-29

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2010)

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Detection of Entamoeba histolytica antigen in stool specimens by using ELISA in Basrah province. (2010). University of Thi-Qar Journal of Science, 2(1), 29-33. http://mail.jsci.utq.edu.iq/index.php/main/article/view/390