TABLE 1.

Percentage of serum reactivities toward amastin signature peptide in normal and VL cases

VL status (no. of cases)	F/T (poly Ab; IgM, IgG, and IgA)		Amastin signature (poly Ab; IgM, IgG, and IgA)
	Mean absorbance ± SD	% Reactivity	Mean absorbance ± SD	% Reactivity
Active (21)	2.99 ± 0.15	100.0	1.71 ± 0.69	95.2
Asymptomatic (10)	2.18 ± 0.81	90.0	0.69 ± 0.15	25.0
Recovered (10)	2.15 ± 0.77	90.0	0.73 ± 0.23	30.0