An ELISA method in the diagnosis of typhoid fever.

Anti-S. typhi IgG and IgM antibodies were detected by an ELISA test using whole S. typhi as antigen.

Laboratory diagnosis of boutonneuse fever by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Little is known about the use of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the diagnosis of boutonneuse fever, and the reports which do exist have concerned the use of a strain of African origin and a peroxidase-labelled conjugate. We have used, as antigen, a Sicilian strain of Rickettsia conorii recently isolated from a patient with boutonneuse fever and anti-human immunoglobulins G and M labelled with alkaline phosphatase as conjugate. 432 (84.

[Antibodies against Toxocara canis in human serum from western Sicily].

335 human sera of western Sicily were examined with an ELISA method for the prevalence of antibodies anti-Toxocara canis. The results (13% pos. in psychiatric patients,9.