the diagnoses of 290 patients by the parasitological or serological method immunochromatographic detection of a. cantonensis . 1 - 5 , 8 ng / ml , 4 ng / ml , 2 ng / ml , 1 ng / ml , and 0.5 ng / ml of a. cantonensis es products ; 6 , serum of a healthy adult .
angiostrongyliasis is difficult to be diagnosed for the reason that no ideal method can be used . 
 serologic tests require specific equipment and are not always available in poverty - stricken zone and are time - consuming . a lateral flow immunoassay ( lfia ) 
 may be useful for angiostrongyliasis control . 
 we established a lfia for the diagnosis of angiostrongyliasis based on 2 monoclonal antibodies ( mabs ) against antigens of angiostrongylus cantonensis adults . 
 the sensitivity and specificity were 91.1% and 100% in lfia , while those of commercial elisa kit was 97.8% and 86.3% , respectively . 
 youden index was 0.91 in lfia and 0.84 in commercial elisa kit . 
 lfia showed detection limit of 1 ng / ml of a. cantonensis es antigens . 
 this lfia was simple , rapid , highly sensitive and specific , which opened an alternative approach for the diagnosis of human angiostrongyliasis .