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. 2015 Oct 20;9(10):e0004168. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004168

Table 4. Specificity of the Toxocariasis Luminex assay.

Conditions No. of Sera Tested Tc-TES-26 Tc-CTL-1
No. of Positives % Cross-reactivity No. of Positives % Cross-reactivity
US Negatives 288 20 7 2 0.7
Egyptian Negatives 14 2 14 0 0
Amebiasis 2 1 50 1 50
Ascariasis 6 2 33 0 0
Baylisascariasis 5 1 20 0 0
Clonorchiasis 3 0 0 0 0
Cryptosporidiasis 2 0 0 0 0
Cysticercosis 7 1 14 0 0
Dengue Fever 1 0 0 0 0
Echinococcosis 5 1 20 0 0
E. nana 2 2 100 1 50
Fasciolosis 2 0 0 0 0
Filariasis 3 0 0 0 0
Gnathostomiasis 2 0 0 0 0
Hepatitis 2 0 0 0 0
Hookworm 15 4 27 0 0
Hymenolopsis 8 0 0 0 0
Malaria 3 1 33 0 0
Paragonimiasis 4 1 25 0 0
Schistosomiasis 16 1 6 0 0
Strongyloidiasis 3 0 0 0 0
Taeniosis 5 0 0 0 0
Toxoplasmosis 5 0 0 0 0
Trichinellosis 12 2 17 0 0
Trichuriasis 6 2 33 0 0
Tuberculosis 1 0 0 0 0