ArticleParasites & vectors2017
Dogs as victims of their own worms: Serodiagnosis of canine alveolar echinococcosis.
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- Serological Assays for Alveolar and Cystic Echinococcosis-A Comparative Multi-Test Study in Switzerland and Kyrgyzstan.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Perspectives on intestinal tapeworm infections: An evaluation of direct and indirect life-cycles with a special emphasis on species ofCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2021Review
- A One Health systematic review of diagnostic tools forFood and waterborne parasitology · 2019Article
- The importance of being parasiticidal… an update on drug development for the treatment of alveolar echinococcosis.Food and waterborne parasitology · 2019Article
- Activity of mefloquine and mefloquine derivatives against Echinococcus multilocularis.International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundBesides acting as definitive hosts for Echinococcus multilocularis, dogs can become infected by the larval form of this parasite and thereby develop life-threatening alveolar echinococcosis (AE). Although AE is a zoonotic disease, most therapeutic and diagnostic approaches have been developed for human patients. In dogs, AE is typically diagnosed in the advanced stage of the disease when the parasitic mass has already caused abdominal distension. At that stage, complete resection of the parasitic mass is often impossible, leaving a guarded prognosis for the affected dogs. For humans, sensitive and specific diagnostic protocols relying on serology have been validated and are now widely used. In contrast, sensitive and specific laboratory diagnostic tools that would enable early diagnosis of canine AE are still lacking. The aim of the current study was to establish a serological protocol specifically adapted to dogs.
methodsWe tested several native and recombinant antigens (EmVF, Em2, recEm95, recEm18) in in-house ELISA, an in-house Western blot (WB), as well as a commercially available WB developed for serodiagnosing human AE (Anti-Echinococcus EUROLINE-WB®), using a panel of known status dog sera.
resultsRecEm95-antigen was revealed to be the most promising antigen for use in ELISA, demonstrating 100% (95% CI: 72-100%) sensitivity and 100% (95% CI: 93-100%) specificity in our study. The in-house WB using EmVF antigen performed as well as the recEm95-ELISA. The commercial WB also correctly identified all infected dogs, coupled with a specificity of 98% (95% CI: 91-100%).
conclusionThe recEm95-ELISA alone or in combination with either the in-house WB or the Anti-Echinococcus EUROLINE-WB® (IgG) with a minor modification should be considered as the best current approach for the serological diagnosis of dogs infected with the larval stage of E. multilocularis. However, larger studies with a focus on potentially cross-reacting sera should be undertaken to verify these findings.
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