TABLE 4.
Reactivities of sera from persons suspected of having granulocytic ehrlichiosis to whole cells and recombinant antigens of B. burgdorferi in class-specific ELISAs
| Study groupa | No. of serum samples positive for the following antibodies to the indicated protein:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IgM
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IgG
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| Whole cell | OspC | OspE | OspF | p41-G | Whole cell | OspC | OspE | OspF | p41-G | |
| A | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| B | 31 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 8 |
| C | 44 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 36 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 9 |
| Total | 90 | 57 | 9 | 22 | 49 | 74 | 36 | 1 | 34 | 19 |
See footnote a of Table 3.