Trichinosis - IgG serology - serum

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Eurofins Biomnis code

TRI

Synonyms
  • Anti-Trichinella spiralis antibodies - IgG serology
  • Trichinosis
Specialty

Infectious


Clinical significance

Promiscuous zoonosis due to infection with Trichinella spiralis. Diagnosis is informed by the subject's eating habits (consumption of horse meat, pork, wild boar or seal meat) and whether or not any other members of the family are affected. Infection causes fever, facial edema, myalgia and eosinophilia. Diagnosis should be confirmed by serological analysis.

Preanalytics
  • A tube specifically for this analysis : No
Further information

If equivocal or positive, the confirmation test is automatically performed.


Methodology

Enzyme-immunoassay

Turnaround time

8 days


Testing Laboratory

Biomnis Lyon