TABLE 5.

Immunological methods for the diagnosis of cysticercosis in CSF samples^a

Target	Method	Material	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	Reference
Fractions, saline/SDS	ELISA	CSF	Tso-NaCl: 100	Tso-NaCl: 100	12
			Tcra-NaCl: 85	Tcra-NaCl: 100
			Tso-SDS: 95	Tso-SDS: 100
			Tcra-SDS: 87	Tcra-SDS: 97
Antigen	ELISA	CSF			218
	Anti-Tso		81	82
	Anti-Cra		90	98
	Anti-Cra, <30 kDa		95	100
ES antigens	ELISA	CSF	92	97	192
14- and 18-kDa antigens	ELISA	CSF	100	100	217
14-kDa antigen	ELISA	CSF	95	100	221
Peptides HP6-2 and Ts45W-1	ELISA	CSF	93	85	100
14 and 18-kDa antigen	ELISA	CSF and serum	100	100	91
10-kDa antigen, recombinant	ELISA	CSF	91	NR	162
		Serum	97	96
14-kDa antigen, recombinant	ELISA	CSF	100	100	69
		Serum	97	100
Fractions: 47-52, 64-68 and	WB	CSF	100	NR	11
70 kDa		Serum	80	NR
Crude antigen (W) and VF, Tso and Tcra	ELISA	CSF	TsoW, 91; TcraW, 87; TsoVF, 91; TcraVF, 91	TsoW, 94; TcraW, 94; TsoVF, 97; TcraVF, 97	274

^aTso, Taenia solium; Tcra, Taenia crassiceps; NaCl, saline extract; SDS, sodium dodecyl sulfate extract; W, worm; VF, vesicular fluid; NR, not reported.