Measurement of aflatoxin in Nigerian sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

D W Denning; J K Onwubalili; A. P.  Wilkinson; M. R. A.  Morgan

doi:10.1016/0035-9203(88)90299-4

Measurement of aflatoxin in Nigerian sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

D W Denning
, J K Onwubalili
, A. P. Wilkinson
, M. R. A. Morgan

Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine

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Abstract

Sera from 78 healthy men donating blood in Enugu, Nigeria were examined for aflatoxin by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Levels varied from less than 20 pg/ml to 3.1 ng/ml. The ELISA method is simple, sensitive and specific, and therefore well suited to the low-resource tropical environment. Aflatoxin is ingested in considerable amounts in Nigeria and many contribute, with hepatitis B, to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	169-71
Number of pages	3
Journal	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	82
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(88)90299-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1988

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aflatoxin B1
Aflatoxins/blood
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nigeria

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Measurement of aflatoxin in Nigerian sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

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