Felix R. Zyngier
Professor Regente da Disciplina de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias da Faculdade Regional de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, Caixa Postal 659 - S.P. - Brasil
RESUMO
O autor apresenta a comparação de dois extratos de Toxocara canis e um de Ascaris suum do ponto de vista antigênico. O método usado foi a imunodifusão em gel segundo Ouchtehlöny. O extrato de T. canis obtido pela técnica de Jeska mostrou 7 faixas de precipitação contra o anti-soro homólogo. O extrato de A. suum obtido pela mesma técnica apenas revelou 3 faixas, uma das quais com identidade parcial com o antígeno anterior. O extrato de T. canis segundo Woodruff e Thacker revelou 3 faixas de precipitação contra o anti-soro homólogo, todas elas com identidade total com o outro extrato do mesmo parasita.
SUMMARY
The author compares two types of Toxocara canis extracts and an Ascaris suum extract from the antigenic point of view. Double immunodiffusion (Ouchterlöny) was the method employed. The T. canis extract (Jeska, 1967) showed 7 bands against its homologous antiserum. The A. suum extract (Jeska, 1967) showed 3 bands against the same antiserum, one of them with partial identity with the previous antigen. The second type of T. canis antigen (Woodruff and Thacker, 1964) gave only 3 bands against this antiserum, and showed a total identity pattern with the other T. canis extract.
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Recebido para publicação em 6-5-1974.
