Publication: Towards a suitable antigen for diagnosis of Gnathostoma spinigerum infection
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1992-01-01
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00207519
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Mahidol University
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International Journal for Parasitology. Vol.22, No.8 (1992), 1151-1156
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Chammong Nopparatana, Wanpen Chaicumpa, Pramuan Tapchaisri, Prasert Setasuban, Yuwaporn Ruangkunaporn Towards a suitable antigen for diagnosis of Gnathostoma spinigerum infection. International Journal for Parasitology. Vol.22, No.8 (1992), 1151-1156. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(92)90034-I Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/22298
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Towards a suitable antigen for diagnosis of Gnathostoma spinigerum infection
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Nopparatana C., Chaicumpa W., Tapchaisri P., Setasuban P. and Ruangkunaporn Y. 1992. Towards a suitable antigen for diagnosis of Gnathostoma spinigerum infection. International Journal for Parasitology 22: 1151-1156. Advanced third-stage larvae of G. spinigerum were obtained from two separate sources, namely from cysts in the livers of naturally infected eels (L3E) and from experimentally infected mice (L3M). Morphology of the L3E was studied microscopically. The larvae were homogenized in distilled water, 1% Triton X-100 or 1% sodium deoxycholate containing protease inhibitors. Protein compositions of the three crude extracts were compared, on the same weight basis, by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and Coomassie brilliant blue staining while their antigenicities were studied by Western blot analysis using serum of a patient with parasitologically confirmed gnathostomiasis. Distilled water was found to be the best extraction solution in solubilizing proteins especially the diagnostic antigen, namely the 24,000 (24 kDa) mol. wt component from the larvae. The L3E and L3M contained relatively equal amounts of the 24 kDa antigen. This diagnostic component was anatomically located in the body fluid, oesophagus and intestine of the larva. © 1992.