Table 1. Detection of anti-Trichinella IgG antibodies in serum samples of patients with trichinellosis and other parasitic diseases by rTsSP-ELISA.
| Sera of patients with | No. of serum samples | ELISA with rTsSP antigens | ELISA with ML ES antigens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OD value ( ± S) | No. of positive serum samples (%) | OD value ( ± S) | No. of positive serum samples (%) | ||
| Trichinellosis | 53 | 0.47±0.09 | 52 (98.11) | 0.62±0.11 | 47 (88.68) |
| Early trichinellosis* | 21 | 0.48±0.08 | 20 (95.24) | 0.52±0.10 | 15 (71.43) |
| Later trichinellosis# | 32 | 0.47±0.08 | 32 (100) | 0.69±0.04 | 32 (100) |
| Schistosomiasis | 34 | 0.19±0.08 | 0 (0) | 0.33±0.10 | 4 (11.76) |
| Paragonimiasis | 20 | 0.18±0.09 | 0 (0) | 0.26±0.14 | 1 (5.00) |
| Clonorchiasis | 7 | 0.16±0.10 | 0 (0) | 0.30±0.11 | 1 (14.29) |
| Cysticercosis | 20 | 0.20±0.11 | 1 (5.00) | 0.38±0.12 | 5 (25.00) |
| Echinococcosis | 20 | 0.22±0.09 | 0 (0.00) | 0.35±0.14 | 5 (25.00) |
| Sparganosis | 7 | 0.11±0.03 | 0 (0) | 0.27±0.10 | 1 (14.29) |
| Healthy persons | 104 | 0.17±0.05 | 0 (0) | 0.21±0.08 | 0 (0) |
*Early trichinellosis: The sera of early patients with trichinellosis were collected at 19 days post infection.
#Later trichinellosis: The sera of later patients with trichinellosis were collected at 35 days post infection.