Table 2.

Results of ELISAs to detect IgG1, IgG2 and IgG3 anti-filarial antibodies in serum samples from patients with various helminthiasis and healthy controls (non-endemic normals) using BmR1, Ov-BmR1 and Ll-BmR1. All antigens (tested separately) demonstrated identical results with all serum samples.

Type of serum sample	Number of positive results out of number of samples tested
	IgG1-ELISA	IgG2-ELISA	IgG3-ELISA
O. volvulus mf+	47/47	0/21	0/21
L. loa mf+	14/14	0/14	0/14
W. bancrofti mf+	6/6	0/6	0/6
W. bancrofti chronic	6/6	0/6	0/6
B. malayi mf+	10/10	0/10	0/10
B. malayi chronic	14/14	0/14	0/14
Soil-transmitted helminth infections	10/10	0/10	0/10
Non-endemic normals (healthy controls)	10/10	0/10	0/10