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. 2012 Dec 6;6(12):e1930. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001930

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.