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The immunoreactivity ofTaenia saginata andT. crassiceps metacestode neutral glyco(sphingo)lipids towards IgG antibodies derived from the sera of calves with experimental cysticercosis has been established. The glyco(sphingo)lipids are separable by normal-phase HPTLC (high-performance thin-layer chromatography) into groups of increasing sugar-chain length (lipid/ceramide mono-, di-, tri-, tetra- and >tetrasaccharides), with those corresponding to three and four hexoses being the main immunoreactive components (HPTLC immunostaining). In ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), reverse-phase HPTLC-isolatedT. crassiceps metacestode glyco(sphingo)lipids equivalent to tri- and tetrahexoside allowed a discrimination between non-infected and infected calves (at least 80 metacestodes recovered). The formation of IgG antibodies was correlated with the infection, not with other non-specific inducing factors, as seen by the differential humoral response detected in experimentally infected (T. saginata) calves before and after Praziquantel treatment (HPTLC immunostaining and ELISA).
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Baumeister, S., Schuh, C., Dennis, R.D. et al. Bovine cysticercosis: demonstration in experimentally infected calves of serum IgG antibodies reactive with neutral glycolipids ofTaenia saginata andT. crassiceps metacestodes. Parasitol Res 81, 18–25 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00932412
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