seroprevalence of tissue invading parasitic infections diagnosed by elisa in korea. | seroprevalence of the igg antibodies for clonorchis sinensis, paragonimus westermani, taenia solium metacestode (cysticercus), and spirometra erinacei plerocercoid (sparganum) was measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) in sera of patients in korea from 1993 to 2006. a total of 74,448 specimens referred nationwide from 121 hospitals revealed an igg positive rate of 7.6% for the 4 parasites. the igg positive rate (18.7%) for the 4 parasites in 1993 decreased gradually to 6.6% in ... | 2010 | 20808668 |