The double diffusion precipitin test in human fascioliasis

The double diffusion precipitin test in human fascioliasis.

The recent outbreaks of human fascioliasis in Britain provided the opportunity for employing the double diffusion precipitin test in the diagnosis of this disease. In sensitivity and specificity this test appears to equal the complement-fixation test and has the advantages of simplicity and speed in its performance.

A Useful Application of the Agar Double-Diffusion Technique in the Precipitin Test

CLINICOEPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF HUMAN FASCIOLIASIS IN GUILAN

ABSTRACT: Following an outbreak of hypereosinophilia in 1988 in Guilan province of Iran (particularly in Bandar Anzali and Laheejhan) a clinicoepidemiological study on 2364 patients was carried out. All patients were clinically examined and routine hematological tests were performed. Samples of stool from 884 patients (convenient sampling) were parasitologically examined, using different metho...

A Simple Technique for the Precipitin Test

Epidemiology of Human Fascioliasis in Iran

Fascioliasis has medical and veterinary importance in Iran. Human Fascioliasis had been limited to just ectopic cases or sporadic reports before 1988. In this year an outbreak of human fascioliasis was reported from Gilan province and peak of this epidemy was seen in spring 1989. Considering 100000 population of Bandar-e-Anzali total infected cases was estimated between 9800 and up to 20000 ...