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Diagnosis of Cysticercosis in Eye and Treatment Follow-Up of Extra Ocular Forms by Serum IgG ELISA

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Priyadarshi Soumyaranjan Sahu, Pramod Kumar Sahu and Subhash Chandra Parija

Ophthalmic cysticercosis (OCC) caused by Taenia solium larval infection in eye, is emerging as a far commoner disease in the tropics. There is a scarcity in sero diagnostics to aid its laboratory diagnosis; thereby management still continues to pose a serious challenge. Presently serum IgG-ELISAs were performed on 40 consecutive clinically diagnosed OCC cases. Extra ocular muscle was found to be the predominant site of infection where ocular motility disorder was the major clinical presentation. ELISA using larval somatic and excretory secretory (ES) antigens was positive in 32.5% and 45% cases respectively. Anti-ES antibodies were detected more frequ... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8599.1000154

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