Experimental infection of pigs with aTaenia species from Korea: parasitological and serological aspects
Tóm tắt
Belgian Landrace piglets were experimentally infected with eggs of aTaenia sp. of Korean origin. At autopsy, metacestodes were present only in the livers. The proportion of degenerated metacestodes increased from 12%–39% at 5 weeks to 94%–100% at 10 weeks after infection. A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using monoclonal antibodies raised against the excretory-secretory products ofT. saginata metacestodes detected circulating antigen in the sera of the pigs at 1 week post-infection. A good correlation was found between the presence of viable metacestodes and the detection of circulating antigen; the latter disappeared as the metacestodes died off. However, the antibodies were detected only after 3 weeks of infection and onwards until the necropsy of the pigs.
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