TABLE 2.
Total IgG and IgG subclasses against amastin signature peptide in the sera isolated from VL patients and normal healthy individuals
| Subject type (no. of cases) | Mean absorbance ± SD
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| Total IgG | IgG1 | IgG2 | IgG3 | IgG4 | |
| Normal (10) | 0.22 ± 0.07 | 0.12 ± 0.018 | 0.22 ± 0.15 | 0.28 ± 0.04 | 0.23 ± 0.03 |
| Active (21) | 1.71 ± 0.63 | 0.61 ± 0.24 | 0.69 ± 0.21 | 1.31 ± 0.52 | 0.63 ± 0.23 |
| Asymptomatic (10) | 0.71 ± 0.24 | 0.45 ± 0.14 | 0.15 ± 0.13 | 1.54 ± 0.29 | 0.46 ± 0.13 |
| Recovered (10) | 0.74 ± 0.56 | 0.56 ± 0.23 | 0.69 ± 0.09 | 1.39 ± 0.23 | 0.48 ± 0.07 |