Reactividad de sueros de pacientes chagásicos crónicos con extractos de aislamientos mexicanos de Trypanosoma cruzi / Reactivity of sera from Chagas patients to extracts of mexican Trypanosoma cruzi isolates

ABSTRACT

An antigenic extract prepared from four different Mexican isolates of Trypanosoma cruzi cultured on BHI (three came from human cases-Agripina, Fidelfa and Ninoa, and other from triatoma-Cocula) were assayed with human sera. ELISA results always were consistent with clinical diagnosis. Sera from patients with a diagnosis of Chagas disease were reactive and non-chagasic sera were negative. Western blot of chagasic sera recognized antigens of molecular weight > 81 kd, 81 kd, 54 kd, 42 kd, and 26 kd. Sera with high OD in ELISA reacted with more peptide bands. The soluble extract antigens prepared from Mexican isolates of T. cruzi and from the Brazilian Y strain have an homogenous and similar reactivity.