Table 1. Number and percentage of the 91 ordinary scabies patients with serum antibody that recognized scabies and house dust mite antigens by ELISA.
| Antibody Class | Serum Dilution | Target antigen on the ELISA plate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. scabiei | D. farinae | D. pteronyssinus | E. maynei | |||
| Ig | 1/1000 | # (+) | 41 | 80 | 81 | 84 |
| % (+) | 45.1% | 87.9% | 89.0% | 92.3% | ||
| IgG | 1/1000 | # (+) | 25 | 77 | 83 | 79 |
| % (+) | 27.5% | 84.6% | 91.2% | 86.8% | ||
| IgM | 1/1000 | # (+) | 67 | 69 | 76 | 77 |
| % (+) | 73.6% | 75.8% | 83.5% | 84.6% | ||
| IgE | 1/10 | # (+) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| % (+) | 2.2% | 3.3% | 2.2% | 3.3% | ||
A positive titer to any mite extract was defined as an ELISA absorbance of at least 2 times that of the negative controls for mixed Ig and IgG or exceeding 0.100 for IgM or 0.050 for IgE.