Table 1 Detection of Angiostrongylus vasorum circulating antigen by ELISA in untreated and EDTA/heat-treated sera of dogs experimentally infected with A. vasorum
From: Impact of heat treatment on antigen detection in sera of Angiostrongylus vasorum infected dogs
Weeks post-inoculation | Tested samples | Untreated, positive sera | EDTA/heated, positive sera | Seroconverted negative (-) or positive (+) samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | n (%) | n (%) | n |
-1 | 8 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – |
1 | 6 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – |
2 | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – |
3 | 8 | 2 (25.0) | 0 (0) | -2 |
4 | 5 | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0) | -1 |
5 | 12 | 4 (33.3) | 3 (25.0) | -2/+1 |
6 | 9 | 2 (22.2) | 2 (22.2) | -1/+1 |
7 | 15 | 4 (26.6) | 10 (66.6) | -1/+7 |
8 | 14 | 5 (35.7) | 11 (78.6) | +6 |
9 | 13 | 8 (61.5) | 12 (92.3) | +4 |
10 | 10 | 8 (80.0) | 9 (90.0) | +1 |
11 | 10 | 9 (90.0) | 9 (90.0) | – |
12–15 | 6 | 5 (83.3) | 5 (83.3) | – |
Total | 119 | 48 (40.3) | 61 (51.3) | -7/+20 |
Total (5–15 weeks) | 89 | 45 (50.6) | 61 (68.5) | -4/+20 |