[Filaria medinensis: differential serodiagnosis using ELISA]

An immunoenzymatic technic ELISA has been used to permit the diagnosis of Dracunculus medinensis . In effect an immunological tool to differentiate helminthiasis, particularly filariosis does not exist yet. For this purpose we have begun to prepare an homologous antigen of a filariosis species ( Dracunculus medinensis ). The antigen extract from the worm has been put in microtiter plaques at the concentration of 25 micrograms/ml with sera diluted 1/1000. The reactions has been performed with anti-G human globulin marked with peroxydase . The results showed that there exist no cross reactivity between Dracunculus medinensis and other helminthiasis even filariosis .