| coproantigen detection for immunodiagnosis of echinococcosis and taeniasis in dogs and humans. | three elisa assays, based on hyperimmune rabbit serum raised against adult cestode somatic antigen, were applied in this study for the detection of taenia- and echinococcus-specific antigens in host faeces. the first assay, using an antiserum against taenia pisiformis antigen extract, was used in a time-course of t. pisiformis experimental infection in dogs. the assay was shown to be considerably more sensitive than microscopical detection of eggs in faeces. antigen was present in faeces before ... | 1992 | 1594298 |