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. 2011 Dec;85(6):1054-9.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0051.

Evaluation of an IgY-based immunomagnetic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay system for detection of circulating Schistosoma japonicum antigen in serum samples from patients in China

Jia-hui Lei  1 , Bing-tao Su, Hong Xu, Ji-long Shen, Xiao-hong Guan, Zhen-qing Feng, Yong-long Li, Ming-xing Xu, Wen-qi Liu
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Evaluation of an IgY-based immunomagnetic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay system for detection of circulating Schistosoma japonicum antigen in serum samples from patients in China

Jia-hui Lei et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

We have developed a novel egg yolk antibody (IgY)-coated magnetic beads antigen-capture immunoassay for detection of a circulating antigen of Schistosoma japonicum in serum samples of patients in schistosomiasis-endemic areas of China. This IgY-based immunomagnetic bead enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (IgY-IMB-ELISA) uses polyclonal IgY-coated magnetic beads as a capture antibody, and a monoclonal IgG as a detection antibody. The sensitivity of the magnetic immunoassay was 100% (40 of 40) in cases of acute infection and 91.5% (107 of 117) in chronic cases of schistosomiasis, and no positive reaction was found in 0 of 49 healthy persons. Cross-reactivity was 3.3% (1 of 33) with clonorchiasis and 0% (0 of 20) with paragonimiasis. There was a significant correlation between ELISA absorbance value and egg count (eggs per gram feces) and a correlation coefficient of 0.88 in a small sample of 14 patients. The results demonstrated that the IgY-IMB-ELISA is a sensitive and specific assay for detection of human schistosomiasis japonica.

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Correlation between optical densities (ODs) obtained in an IgY-based immunomagnetic bead enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Schistosoma japonicum egg counts (egg per gram of feces) (EPG) in 14 serum samples from persons with chronic schistosomiasis, China. The EPG ranged from 2 to 485, which is represented by their logarithmic transformation along the x-axis. A high correlation was found between the OD values and egg counts (R2 = 0.88).
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