Table 1. Samples used to assess sensitivity and specificity of Wb123 LIPS.
Group | Country source of population | Number of samples |
Normal unexposed | ||
Canada | 2 | |
United States | 50 | |
Total | 52 | |
Wuchereria bancrofti | ||
Cook Islands (Mf+) | 6 | |
Comoros Islands (Mf+) | 1 | |
India (Mf+) | 27 | |
India (Mf-Cag+) | 7 | |
Guyana (Mf+) | 2 | |
Total | 43 | |
Onchocerca volvulus (mf+) | ||
Ecuador | 24 | |
Guatemala | 10 | |
Sierra Leone | 2 | |
Cameroon* | 2 | |
Total | 38 | |
Loa loa (mf+) | ||
Benin | 55 | |
Cameroon | 3 | |
Gabon | 2 | |
Central African Republic | 2 | |
Total | 62 | |
Mansonella perstans (mf+) | ||
Mali | 15 | |
Uganda | 5 | |
Total | 20 | |
Other helminth infections | ||
Strongyloides stercoralis | 10 | |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 4 | |
Hookworm spp. | 2 | |
Total | 16 |
Circulating antigen negative.