Serum/Plasma Specimens – Antibody Detection Tests Offered at CDC

Disease	Organism	Test	Acceptable Specimens
Amebiasis	Entamoeba histolytica	Enzyme immunoassay (EIA)	Serum or plasma separated from cells
Babesiosis	Babesia microti Babesia sp. WA1	Immunofluorescence (IFA)	Serum or plasma separated from cells
Baylisascariasis	Baylisascaris procyonis	Immunoblot	Serum or plasma separated from cells or CSF
Chagas disease	Trypanosoma cruzi	IFA, EIA, Immunoblot	Serum or plasma separated from cells
Cysticercosis	Larval Taenia solium	Immunoblot	Serum or plasma separated from cells or CSF
Echinococcosis	Echinococcus granulosus	Immunoblot	Serum or plasma separated from cells
Fascioliasis	Fasciola hepatica	Immunoblot	Serum or plasma separated from cells
Filariasis	Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi	EIA	Serum or plasma separated from cells
Malaria	Plasmodium falciparum P. malariae P. vivax	IFA	Serum or plasma separated from cells
Paragonimiasis	Paragonimus westermani	Immunoblot	Serum or plasma separated from cells
Schistosomiasis	Schistosoma sp. S. mansoni S. haematobium S. japonicum	FAST-ELISA/Species specific immunoblots	Serum or plasma separated from cells
Strongyloidiasis	Strongyloides stercoralis	EIA	Serum or plasma separated from cells
Toxocariasis	Toxocara canis	EIA	Serum or plasma separated from cells or vitreous fluid
Trichinellosis (Trichinosis)	Trichinella spiralis	EIA	Serum or plasma separated from cells

For additional information about these tests or how to submit specimens to CDC for testing, see https://www.cdc.gov/laboratory/specimen-submission/index.html.

For information about serology tests that are not available at CDC, please contact the CDC Parasitic Diseases Hotline at (404) 718-4745.

DPDx is an educational resource designed for health professionals and laboratory scientists. For an overview including prevention, control, and treatment visit www.cdc.gov/parasites/.