Usefulness of four different Echinococcus granulosus recombinant antigens for serodiagnosis of unilocular hydatid disease (UHD) and postsurgical follow-up of patients treated for UHD

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2008 Jan;15(1):147-53. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00363-07. Epub 2007 Nov 7.

Abstract

Four different recombinant antigens derived from Echinococcus granulosus, designated B1t, B2t, E14t, and C317, were tested with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for the detection of specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) in patients with unilocular hydatid disease (UHD). The results were compared to those obtained with hydatid fluid and were subjected to receiver operator characteristic analysis. The diagnostic performance of the above-listed proteins was defined with respect to their specificity, sensitivity, and predictive values (PV); the influence of cyst location; and usefulness in the follow-up of surgical treatment for UHD and in the determination of whether or not patients have been surgically cured of UHD. The best diagnostic results were obtained with the anti-B2t IgG ELISA, with 91.2% sensitivity, 93% specificity, and high positive and negative PV (89.4 and 94.2, respectively). In addition, this diagnostic tool proved to be useful for the follow-up of surgically treated UHD patients. The anti-B2t IgG ELISA may find an application in the serodiagnosis of UHD in clinical laboratories.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Helminth / immunology
  • Antigens, Helminth / genetics
  • Antigens, Helminth / immunology*
  • Base Sequence
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / parasitology
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / surgery
  • Echinococcus granulosus / genetics
  • Echinococcus granulosus / immunology*
  • Echinococcus granulosus / isolation & purification
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Lung Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis*
  • Lung Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology
  • Lung Diseases, Parasitic / surgery
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • ROC Curve
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / immunology
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Serologic Tests / methods
  • Sheep

Substances

  • Antibodies, Helminth
  • Antigens, Helminth
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Recombinant Proteins