[Preparation and use of an opisthorchis egg g antigenic erythrocyte diagnostic method]

A technique for preparing such a diagnosticum, that specifically detects antibodies to Opisthorchis egg antigen, has been developed. Examinations of opisthorchiasis patients with the use of this diagnosticum have shown that the diagnostic titres of the total activity of the blood serum antibodies to the egg antigen and to the Opisthorchis somatic antigen have been detected with equal frequency. Parallel use of the egg and the previously developed (with the somatic and metabolic antigens) erythrocytic diagnosticums improves the reliability of the serologic diagnosis of chronic opisthorchiasis.