Table 2:
Frequency of recognition of the major Leishmania infantum antigens by sera of 33 patients with visceral leishmaniasis, 43 patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis, 39 patients without leishmaniasis and 23 healthy individuals*
| % Recognition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigen (kDa) | Patients with visceral leishmaniasis | Patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis | Patients without leishmaniasis | Healthy individuals |
| 92–94 | 21.2 | |||
| 86 | 10.2 | |||
| 70–72 | 12.1 | 8.6 | ||
| 66–68 | 39.3 | 76.7 | 15.3 | 8.6 |
| 56–58 | 30.3 | |||
| 52–54 | 48.8 | 21.7 | ||
| 50–52 | 8.6 | |||
| 46–48 | 39.1 | |||
| 42–44 | 66.6 | 88.3 | 76.9 | 73.9 |
| 34–36 | 100 | 83.7 | 23 | 52.1 |
| 32 | 33 | 79 | 15.3 | 17.3 |
| 26–28 | 95.3 | 20.5 | 26 | |
| 22–24 | 87.8 | 65 | 84.6 | 82.6 |
| 18–20 | 53 | 10.2 | ||
| 16 | 63.6 | 100 | ||
| 14 | 100 | 100 | ||
| 12 | 63.6 | |||
*
Leishmanial antigenic bands of the12 kDa, 14-kDa and 16-kDa antigens in visceral leishmaniasis patients and 14-kD and 16-kDa in cutaneous leishmaniasis patients defined as diagnostic antigenic bands.