Abstract:
Serodiagnosis of human anisakidosis is presently hampered by the current lack of standardised serological assays that allow sensitive and specific detection of Anisakidae-specific antibodies in human patients. In the present study, we comparatively evaluated the diagnostic value (by IgG-ELISA) of excretory-secretory antigens (ESAgs) of Anisakis simplex, Pseudoterranova decipiens and Contracaecum osculatum, representing the most frequently found genera responsible for human infection. In addition, we tested also a mix of the three ES preparations (Mix-ESAgs) as well as two recombinant allergens of A. simplex, rAni s 1 and rAni s 7. ES antigen from C. osculatum yielded the best diagnostic performance in IgG-ELISA-based serodiagnosis of the Spanish anisakidosis patients investigated in this study (relative serodiagnostic sensitivity 100%; specificity 89%) as compared to A. simplex ES-antigen (93% versus 57%) and P. decipiens (67% versus 93%) or a mix of the three ES antigens (100% versus 44%), respectively. Cross-reactions of C. osculatum ES antigen with serum-antibodies from patients suffering from other helminth infections were rare and were exclusively found with few sera from toxocariasis, ascariasis, and filariasis patients. The two recombinant allergens rAni s 1 and rAni s 7 did not prove sufficiently sensitive and specific in order to justify a further evaluation of these antigens regarding their suitability in IgG-ELISA-based serodiagnosis of human anisakidosis. In conclusion, the C. osculatum-ESAg-ELISA remains as key candidate to be further assessed for the serodiagnosis of symptomatic anisakidosis in different endemic regions.
摘要:
目前,由于缺乏标准化的血清学测定,无法对人类患者中的异株科特异性抗体进行灵敏和特异性的检测,因此阻碍了人类异株病的血清诊断。在本研究中,我们比较评估了诊断价值(通过IgG-ELISA)的排泄分泌抗原(ESA)的单纯异尖,假性蜕膜和角囊,代表最常见的人类感染属。此外,我们还测试了三种ES制剂(Mix-ESA)的混合物以及两种重组的A.simplex过敏原,rAnis1和rAnis7。在本研究中调查的西班牙念珠菌病患者的基于IgG-ELISA的血清诊断中,来自C.osculatum的ES抗原与单纯型ES抗原(93%对57%)和蜕膜假单胞菌(67%对93%)或三种ES抗原的混合(100%对44%)相比,具有最佳的诊断性能。分别。C.osculatumES抗原与患有其他蠕虫感染的患者的血清抗体的交叉反应很少见,并且仅在很少的弓形虫病血清中发现。蛔虫病,和丝虫病患者。两种重组变应原rAnis1和rAnis7没有证明足够的敏感性和特异性,以证明进一步评估这些抗原在基于IgG-ELISA的人类anisakidosis血清诊断中的适用性。总之,C.osculatum-ESAg-ELISA仍然是需要进一步评估的关键候选指标,用于在不同流行区域的症状性anisakidosis的血清诊断。