Irving G. Kagan

TL;DR: Antigen suspensions of enzyme-treated, formalin-fixed promastigotes of three species of Leishmania were evaluated by using the direct agglutination test with serum samples from healthy individuals and patients with confirmed cases of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis.

TL;DR: Sheep hydatid fluid was analyzed by immunoelectrophoretic methods and antigenic components of parasite and host origin were identified.

TL;DR: D diagnosis today is still dependent on the demonstration of microfilariae in blood or tissues of the infected individual, in spite of the fact that the parasitologic techniques are cumbersome, time consuming, and often inadequate.

TL;DR: Diethylcarbamazine therapy has in some instances helped clarify the diagnosis of infection with A. perstans through the provocation of symptoms and initial appearance of microfilariae in the blood followed by the resolution of symptoms under treatment.

TL;DR: The prevalences of intestinal parasites among the residents of three South American Indian villages in the process of acculturation were compared with those found in earlier unpublished surveys in two newly contracted village to provide a baseline for future comparisons and, perhaps, a glimpse into the past.