TABLE 5.
Sensitivity of different C6 peptides used as ELISA antigens compared to two-tiered testinga
| Borrelia strain | C6 peptide sensitivity (%)b |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. burgdorferi C6 | B. garinii C6 | B. afzelii C6-1 | B. afzelii C6-2 | |
| B. burgdorferi sensu stricto N40 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 40.0 | 65.0 |
| B. garinii PBi | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 |
| B. afzelii PKo | 100.0 | 95.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| B. afzelii Slovakia | 58.8 | 64.7 | 70.6 | 47.1 |
| B. spielmanii A14S | 52.9 | 23.5 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
a
True positive was defined as KELA positive and Western blot positive in two-tiered testing.
b
C6 peptides from B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. garinii, and B. afzelii.