Methods, Devices, Kits and Compositions for Detecting Tapeworm

A device for detecting the presence or absence of one or more tapeworm coproantigens from a fecal sample, the device comprising a solid support, wherein the solid support has immobilized thereon one or more antibodies selected from the group consisting of:

• (a) a first antibody capable of specifically binding a coproantigen from a first tapeworm taenia pisiformis, but not a coproantigen from a second tapeworm Taenia taeniaeformis or a coproantigen from a third tapeworm Dipylidium caninum;
• (b) a second antibody capable of specifically binding the coproantigen from the second tapeworm, but not the coproantigen from the first tapeworm or the coproantigen from the third tapeworm;
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• (c) a third antibody capable of specifically binding the coproantigen from the third tapeworm, but not the coproantigen from the first tapeworm or the coproantigen from the second tapeworm.