TABLE 1.
True result | Total no. of samples | Result for IgG test
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Result for IgA test
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Total no. of samples | ||||||
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MIF | SeroCP Quant | SeroCP | sELISA | No. positive in rELISA | MIF | SeroCP Quant | SeroCP | |||
Positive | 58 | + | + | + | + | 39 | + | + | + | 51 |
3 | + | + | + | − | 2 | + | − | + | 7 | |
1 | + | + | − | + | + | + | − | 1 | ||
2 | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | 2 | ||
1 | + | − | − | − | ||||||
Negative | 1 | − | + | + | + | − | + | + | 1 | |
1 | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | 1 | ||
4 | − | − | + | − | 1 | − | − | − | 17 | |
1 | − | − | − | + | 1 | |||||
8 | − | − | − | − | 2 | |||||
% Positive samples | 81 | 80 | 84 | 76 | 56 | 76 | 68 | 74 |
Eighty samples from collective 2 were analyzed for C. pneumoniae IgA and IgG by the assays indicated. Data were grouped on the basis of the gold standard MIF test.