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. 2023 Aug;52(8):1764–1772. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v52i8.13416

Table 2:

Results of ELISA using four different antigens (hydatid cyst fluid [HCF], lyophilized hydatid cyst fluid [LHCF], antigen B [AgB] and lyophilized antigen B [LAgB]) for sero-diagnosis of liver cystic echinococcosis (CE) according to non-relative sera (sera of other diseases)

Variable HCF No. reacted/’ total No. Type of Antigens
LHCF No. reacted/total No. AgB No. reacted/total No. LAgB No. reacted/total No.
Type of sera Amoebiasis (E.coli) 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1
Ascariasis 0/4 0/4 1/4 0/4
Blastocystosis 0/2 0/2 0/2 0/2
Enterobiasis 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1
Fasciolosis 3/7 2/7 2/7 1/7
Giardiasis 0/8 0/8 1/8 1/8
Hymenolepiasis 0/5 0/5 0/5 0/5
Leishmaniasis 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1
Malaria 0/5 0/5 1/5 0/5
Stronyloidiasis 0/2 0/2 0/2 0/2
Taeniasis 1/5 2/5 1/5 1/5
Toxocariasis 0/4 1/4 1/4 1/4
Toxoplasmosis 0/2 0/2 0/2 0/2
Trichostrongyliasis 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1

Hydatid cyst fluid [LHCF], antigen B [AgB] and lyophilized antigen B [LAgB]) for serodiagnosis of liver cystic echinococcosis (CE) according to non-relative sera (sera of other diseases)