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 |