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. 1999 May;37(5):1554–1560. doi: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1554-1560.1999

TABLE 3.

Diagnostic performance of recELISA and epiELISA for IgG detection

ELISA % Detection
H49 JL7 A13 B13 JL8 1F8 GST Epimastigote
Sensitivitya 97.7 97.4 87.1 93.4 93.8 99.0 4.2 100
Specificityb 100 99.5 100 99.5 95.4 99.5 98.5 99.5
Specificityc 97.5 96.6 99.6 99.2 96.2 99.6 98.7 84
a

A total of 304 chronic patients. 

b

A total of 197 nonchagasic patients (excluding those with visceral leishmaniasis). 

c

A total of 237 nonchagasic patients (including those with visceral leishmaniasis).