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SUBMITTER: Shin SH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5062787 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shin Sun Hee SH Hsu Angel A Chastain Holly M HM Cruz Lorna A LA Elder Eric S ES Sapp Sarah G H SG McAuliffe Isabel I Espino Ana M AM Handali Sukwan S
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20160822 4
In the United States, infection with Fasciola hepatica has been identified as an emerging disease, primarily in immigrants, refugees, and travelers. The laboratory test of choice for diagnosis of fascioliasis is detection of disease specific antibodies, most commonly uses excretory-secretory antigens for detection of IgG antibodies. Recently, recombinant proteins such as F. hepatica antigen (FhSAP2) have been used to detect IgG antibodies. The glutathione S-transferase (GST)-FhSAP2 recombinant a ...[more]