TABLE 1.

Sensitivity rates of the Echinococcus Western Blot IgG and of serological screening assays using E. granulosus or E. multilocularis antigens for patient groups with cystic or alveolar echinococcosis

Patient group	Sensitivity (%) of:
	E. multilocularis WBa	E. granulosus IHA		ELISA		E. granulosus IFA
		Titer, ≥80	Titer, ≥320	E. granulosus	E. multilocularis
Cystic echinococcosis (n = 50)	98.0	94.3	80.0	79.4	55.9	100
Alveolar echinococcosis (n = 61)	96.7	94.0	74.0	92.0	86.0	NDb

^aWB, Echinococcus Western Blot IgG. 

^bND, not determined.