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Echinococcus multilocularis: Identification of proteins inducing antibody formation in metacestode infection
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2009
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An approach to the identification of parasite proteins which are immunogenic in natural infections is described, using the infection with the larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis as a parasite model. Metacestode proteins were separated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and transferred electrophoretically to nitrocellulose sheets (Western blotting). Subsequently, immune recognition of the proteins was performed with various host sera and antigen-antibody complexes were detected enzymatically. Using homologous antisera, different patterns of immunogenic bands were revealed by sera of different host species. Cross-reactions with sera from individuals infected with unrelated helminths were analysed. Four proteins of E. multilocularis which failed to show any cross-reaction were identified.
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