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Antibody Detection Tests Offered at CDC
| Disease | Organism | Test | Acceptable Specimens |
| Amebiasis | Entamoeba histolytica | Enzyme immunoassay (EIA) | Serum |
| Babesiosis | Babesia
microti
Babesia sp. WA1 |
Immunofluorescence (IFA) | Serum |
| Baylisascariasis | Baylisascaris procyonis | Immunoblot | Serum or CSF |
| Chagas disease | Trypanosoma cruzi | IFA | Serum |
| Cysticercosis | Larval Taenia solium | Immunoblot (Blot) | Serum, CSF |
| Echinococcosis | Echinococcus granulosus | EIA, Blot | Serum |
| Filariasis | Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi | EIA | Serum |
| Leishmaniasis |
Leishmania
braziliensis |
IFA |
Serum |
| Malaria | Plasmodium
falciparum P. malariae P. ovale P. vivax |
IFA | Serum |
| Paragonimiasis | Paragonimus westermani | Blot | Serum |
| Schistosomiasis | Schistosoma
sp. S. mansoni S. haematobium S. japonicum |
FAST-ELISA Blot |
Serum |
| Strongyloidiasis | Strongyloides stercoralis | EIA | Serum |
| Toxocariasis | Toxocara canis | EIA | Serum, vitreous fluid |
| Toxoplasmosis | Toxoplasma gondii | IFA-IgG, EIA-IgM | Serum |
| Trichinellosis (Trichinosis) | Trichinella spiralis | EIA | Serum |
Send an email to dpdx@cdc.gov or call the Division of Parasitic Diseases at (404) 718-4100 for information on the following diseases or organisms for which serology tests are not available at CDC, but may be available elsewhere within the United States or abroad:
African trypanosomiasis
Angiostrongylus
Anisakis
Echinococcus multilocularis
Fasciola hepatica
Gnathostoma
For additional information about these tests, how to submit specimens for testing, or for test results and interpretation, call the Division of Parasitic Diseases, at (404) 718-4100.
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