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Human schistosomiasis haematobium: effective diagnosis of active infection using a pair of monoclonal antibodies against soluble egg antigen

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The present study was designed to prepare monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against Schistosoma haematobium soluble egg antigen (SEA) with immunodiagnostic potential for urinary schistosomiasis. From a panel of MAbs, a pair of IgG1 MAbs (2D/11C and 10B/2C) specific for S. haematobium SEA was selected. Both MAbs recognized one band with a 42-kDa molecular weight by western blots. The pair of MAbs was employed in sandwich ELISA for the detection of circulating schistosome antigen (CSA), one as antigen-capturing antibody and the other as peroxidase-conjugated antigen-detecting antibody. The lower detection limit of the assay was 1 ng/ml of S. haematobium SEA. The assay was performed on sera of 65 S. haematobium-infected patients, 25 patients infected with other parasites (Fasciola hepatica, Echinococcus granulosus), and 20 noninfected individuals. CSA was demonstrated in 89% of the S. haematobium-infected group. However, CSA was negative in the sera of healthy individuals and patients infected with other parasites, giving an overall specificity of 100% for the CSA assay. A positive correlation (r=0.37, p<0.01) was detected between the number of S. haematobium eggs excreted in 10 ml urine and the CSA level detected in the sera of S. haematobium-infected patients. Our data show that the use of anti-S. haematobium MAbs for the detection of CSA provides a sensitive and specific method for the immunodiagnosis of active S. haematobium-infected patients. Moreover, CSA assay using this anti-S. haematobium MAb/ELISA system was proven to correlate with intensity of infection and hence morbidity assessment.

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  1. Department of Immunology, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Warak El Hadar, Imbaba, Giza, P.O. Box 30, Cairo, 12411, Egypt

    F. Salah, A. El Bassiouny, Z. Demerdash & Z. Shaker

  2. Department of Parasitology, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Warak El Hadar, Imbaba, Giza, P.O. Box 30, Cairo, 12411, Egypt

    I. Rabia

  3. Department of Uorology, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Warak El Hadar, Imbaba, Giza, P.O. Box 30, Cairo, 12411, Egypt

    M. Roshdy

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Salah, F., El Bassiouny, A., Rabia, I. et al. Human schistosomiasis haematobium: effective diagnosis of active infection using a pair of monoclonal antibodies against soluble egg antigen. Parasitol Res 99, 528–533 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-005-0016-8

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