TABLE 4.

OD₄₉₂ obtained by recELISA and epiELISA with sera from chronic chagasic patients from different countries

Group	Country	OD492 (mean ± SD) for:
		H49	JL7	A13	B13	JL8	1F8	Epimastigote
1	Argentina	1.82 ± 0.54	1.74 ± 0.58	1.29 ± 0.80	1.79 ± 0.61	1.67 ± 0.77	1.48 ± 0.44	2.10 ± 0.42
	Bolivia	1.18 ± 0.34	1.28 ± 0.46	1.04 ± 0.63	1.77 ± 0.60	1.58 ± 0.52	1.11 ± 0.44	1.99 ± 0.45
	Brazil	1.05 ± 0.39	1.16 ± 0.55	1.25 ± 0.60	1.51 ± 0.55	1.23 ± 0.48	1.32 ± 0.39	2.05 ± 0.25
	Chile	1.22 ± 0.68	1.17 ± 0.68	0.84 ± 0.52	1.63 ± 0.77	1.32 ± 0.65	1.63 ± 0.56	1.60 ± 0.47
2	Colombia	1.94 ± 0.58	1.86 ± 0.63	1.46 ± 0.66	1.82 ± 0.41	0.90 ± 0.49	1.59 ± 0.57	1.90 ± 0.30
	Venezuela	1.94 ± 0.28	1.95 ± 0.35	1.70 ± 0.52	1.91 ± 0.38	1.00 ± 0.56	1.45 ± 0.51	1.74 ± 0.36
3	El Salvador	1.45 ± 0.42	1.30 ± 0.42	0.75 ± 0.52	0.93 ± 0.53	0.79 ± 0.52	0.99 ± 0.43	1.37 ± 0.40
	Guatemala	1.51 ± 0.64	1.48 ± 0.64	1.19 ± 0.75	1.35 ± 0.61	1.01 ± 0.60	0.83 ± 0.46	1.00 ± 0.49
	Honduras	1.33 ± 0.46	1.33 ± 0.46	0.72 ± 0.64	0.91 ± 0.40	0.67 ± 0.38	1.05 ± 0.40	1.46 ± 0.34
Total		1.47 ± 0.57	1.45 ± 0.59	1.11 ± 0.69	1.47 ± 0.66	1.11 ± 0.64	1.18 ± 0.53	1.66 ± 0.53