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[Taenia solium] [Taenia spp.]

Typical antibody reactions in CDC's immunoblot for cysticercosis.  Individual sera from patients with either cysticercosis or echinococcosis were analyzed using the immunoblot for cysticercosis.

Cysticercosis-specific antibodies react with glycoproteins derived from T. solium cysts.  The positions of the seven diagnostic glycoproteins are marked and designated according to their relative mobilities in SDS-PAGE.  Sera from patients with cysticercosis react with at least one of the cysticercosis-specific proteins, whereas sera from patients with echinococcosis do not react with any of the seven diagnostic proteins.

Reference:

Tsang VCW, Wilson M. Taenia solium cysticercosis: an under-recognized but serious public health problem. Parasitol Today 1995;11:124-126.