Echinococcus multilocularis IgG antibodies

Echinococcus multicularis is a tapeworm that parasitizes in the mature form in the small intestine in the fox, dog, cat, wolf Man is its intermediate host. The parasite causes the disease Echinococcosis multicellularis, which occurs primarily in people having contact with the feces of an infected animal. In the liver and lungs and sometimes in the brain, it grows in a way that infiltrates the infiltrating tissues and mimics a neoplastic process. There are symptoms of portal hypertension, enlargement of the liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly) and jaundice and ascites. Often rapidly progressive cachexia is observed Diagnosis of multicameral echinococcosis includes serological testing, that is, determination of the presence of specific antibodies to Echinococcus multicocularis in the IgG class.