TY - BOOK AU - Rabab Salem Ali Hamad AU - Faiza M. Elassal , AU - Magda M. Elmahdi , AU - Wafaa A. Mansour , TI - A rapid immunodiagnosis of active schistosomiasis mansoni using monoclonal antibody - based dot immunogold / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Rabab Salem Ali Hamad , KW - Monoclonal antibodies ( MAbs ) KW - Schistosoma mansoni KW - Schistosomiasis N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Science - Department of Zoology; Issued also as CD N2 - Dot - immunogold filtration assay ( DIGFA ) is a simple and rapid technique that was used in the present study for the rapid delection of antigenaemia in the sera of schistosomiasis patients , using a pair of monoclonal antibodies . Sandwich - ELISA technique , dot - ELISA and dipstick ELISA were used in comparison with the DIGFA to evaluate its sensitivity and specificity ER -