Diagnostic epitope variability within Taenia solium 8Â kDa antigen family: Implications for cysticercosis immunodetection

► In this work we study diagnostic epitopes of the Taenia solium 8 kDa antigen family. ► We evaluated by ELISA and MABA overlapping synthetic peptides of Ts8B2 and CyDA. ► The peptides were evaluated using human, infected pigs and immunized rabbits. ► Ts8B2 showed conformational epitopes in contrast to the previously observed in CyDA. ► The differential antigenicity could be related with parasite variability.