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Distribution of the Taenia solium cathepsin L Western immunoblot band intensity according to sera tested
| Protein | Result | Negative controls (%) (n = 48) |
Patients with a single viable cyst (%) (n = 50) |
Patients with multiple viable cysts (%) (n = 50) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 kD | Negative | 45 (94) | 12 (24) | 2 (4) |
| Weak positive | 2 | 11 | 6 | |
| Positive | 1 | 21 | 18 | |
| Strong positive | 0 | 6 | 24 | |
| % positive | 6 | 76 | 96 | |
| 53 kD | Negative | 47 (98) | 11 (22) | 2 (4) |
| Weak positive | 0 | 13 | 6 | |
| Positive | 1 | 21 | 18 | |
| Strong positive | 0 | 5 | 24 | |
| % positive | 2 | 78 | 96 |
