Deteksi antigen ekskretori-sekretori Schistosoma japonicum (S.japonicum) dengan metode ELISA pada penderita schistosomiasis dilakukan di Napu Kabupaten Poso selama sembilan bulan, yaitu dari April hingga Desember 2013. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mendapatkan nilai optical density (OD) pada penderita positif schistosomiasis dengan infeksi tinggi, sedang, dan rendah. Menetapkan nilai sensi…
As screening tool for HIV-1 infection, anti HIV-1 ELISA kit with high sensitivity was proved to be very efficient. Because of its high sensitivity, the use of the kit to screen HIV-1 infection in low risk individuals or in seroprevalence study in population of non-endemic area will reduce its specificity. Therefore, there will be many false positive results which, in turn, will give psychososia…
Malayan filariasis is still the major public health problem in Indonesia. In endemic area, when microfilaremia and clinical manifestations are absent, the diagnosis of malayan filariasis is extremely important, particurlarly for filariasis control. With the development of hybridoma technology, it is possible to produce monoclonal antibody against any stage of brugia malayi, which is capable of …