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Table 11. 5 ImmunologicalandMolecularDiagnosisofParasitosesinHumans:

ASelectionofTechniquesandEstablishedMethods

Parasitosis Methods

Antibodyassay^1 Antigenassay DNAanalysis

Africantrypanosomosis

(sleepingsickness)

IFAT,ELISA,HA PCR(blood)

Americantrypanosomosis

(Chagasdisease)

IFAT,ELISA,HA PCR(blood)

Leishmaniosis

&visceral IFAT,ELISA PCR(blood,lymph

nodeaspirate)

&cutaneous/mucocuta-

neous

(IFAT,ELISA) PCR(biopsy)

Giardiosis IFAT,ELISA(stool)

Amebosis(Entamebosis)

&intestinal ELISA,IFAT ELISA(stool) PCR(stool)

&extraintestinal ELISA,IFAT

Toxoplasmosis ELISA,IFAT,SFT,

CFT,ISAGA,WB,

IgGaviditytest

PCR(amniotic

fluid,placenta,

etc.)

Cryptosporidiosis ELISA,IFAT(stool)

Malaria IFAT Rapidtest

(blood)^2

PCR(blood)

Microsporosis PCR(stool,urine,

etc.)

Schistosomosis IFAT,ELISA

Fasciolosis IFAT,ELISA ELISA(stool)

Opisthorchiosis ELISA

Paragonimosis ELISA,HA

Echinococcosis ELISA,IFAT,WB PCR

(metacestodes)

Cysticercosis WB,ELISA

Taeniosis ELISA(stool) PCR(proglottids)

Toxocarosis ELISA,WB

Filariosis ELISA,IFAT ELISA(serum)

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