Table 2.
Seroreactivity in Plasmodium falciparum Sym and Asym and Plasmodium vivax-infected individuals against the evaluated antigens
| Antigens | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sera | PfMSP10-1 | PfMSP10-2 | − 1 + − 2 | rMSP10 | PvMSP1 |
| P. falciparum | |||||
| Sym | 4/30 (13.3%) | 13/30 (43.3%) | 15/30 (50.0%) | 28/30 (93.3%) | 25/30 (83.3%) |
| Asym | 2/24 (4.2%) | 14/24 (58.3%) | 11/24 (45.8%) | 24/24 (100%) | 23/24 (95.8%) |
| p(Fisher’s test) | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
|
P. falciparum Sym + Asym |
6/54 (11.1%) | 27/54 (50%)a | 26/54 (48.1%)b | 52/54 (96.3%) | 48/54 (88.8%) |
| P. vivax | 4/30 (8.3%) | 2/30 (6.7%)a | 1/30 (3.3%)b | 26/30 (86.7%) | 30/30 (100%) |
| Cut-off | 0.60 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.23 | 0.11 |
| p(Fisher test) | ns | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | ns | ns |
Values denote the number of samples that responded positively to the antigen. In parenthesis, the same values are expressed in percentages
Values with the same superscript letter in the same column are statistically significantly different
ns columns are not statistically significantly different