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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 18(4), 1969, pp. 526-532
Copyright © 1969 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Hemagglutination-Inhibition Test for the Evaluation of the Antigenicity of Ascarid Fractions*

R. C. Jung{dagger}, H. J. Dupuy AND C. W. De Witt
Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health, and Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

In order to develop a logical method of purifying antigenically active fractions of Ascaris lumbricoides, we devised a hemagglutination-inhibition technique. This test measures the ability of a particular fraction to inhibit the activity of a standard antiserum in the hemagglutination test. A homogenate of adult A. lumbricoides obtained by treatment of infected persons was extracted with phosphate-buffered saline solution. The resulting extract was subjected to treatment with 95% ethanol, saturated ammonium sulfate, and chloroform-normal butanol; the resulting fractions were compared. Attempted chromatographic separation of the fractions was unsuccessful. The effect of digestion with papain and amylase on antigenic activity was also noted. The hemagglutination-inhibition test identified three active precipitates of A. lumbricoides obtained with ethanol with or without papain digestion and with ammonium sulfate. Papain digestion destroyed the ability of the fraction to sensitize erythrocytes but not its activity in the hemagglutination-inhibition test. Amylase digestion destroyed antigenic activity. Consequently, we concluded that antigenicity of the polysaccharide-protein moiety obtained by ethanol precipitation resides in the polysaccharide portion, while the protein portion is necessary to allow the antigen to coat the erythrocytes.


* This work was supported by U. S. Public Health Service by Grant #AI04722 of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.


{dagger} Present address: Director of Health, City of New Orleans, 1300 Perdido Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112.






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