Table 1. Sensitivity and Specificity of ELISA tests for IgG to Whole Mite Antigen extract (WMA) and Sar s 14.3.
IgG | IgG1 | IgG2 | |||||||||||
Week | WMA | Sar s 14.3 | WMA | Sar s 14.3 | WMA | Sar s 14.3 | |||||||
Sens (%) | Spec (%) | Sens (%) | Spec (%) | Sens (%) | Spec (%) | Sens (%) | Spec (%) | Sens (%) | Spec (%) | Sens (%) | Spec (%) | ||
0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | |
2 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 18 | 83 | 45 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 20 | 100 | |
4 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 25 | 100 | 25 | 100 | 8 | 100 | 18 | 100 | |
6 | 58 | 100 | 67 | 100 | 50 | 100 | 83 | 100 | 75 | 100 | 67 | 100 | |
8 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 92 | 100 | 100 | 92 | 100 | 100 | 92 | |
10 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 92 | 100 | 100 | 82 | |
12 | 100 | 100 | 92 | 92 | 100 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 92 | 50 | 100 | |
16 | 100 | 100 | 83 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 33 | 100 | |
20 | 83 | 100 | 64 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 58 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 33 | 100 | |
24 | 100 | 100 | 10 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 91 | 0 | 100 |