Molecular characterization of a Trichinella spiralis elastase-1 and its potential as a diagnostic antigen for trichinellosis

Table 2 Detection of serum anti-Trichinella IgG in mice infected with four Trichinella species by ELISA provide the same detail as in Table 1

Parasite species	No. of serum samples	ELISA with rTsE		ELISA with ML ES
Parasite species	No. of serum samples	OD ± SD	No. of positive samples (%)	OD ± SD	No. of positive samples (%)
T. nativa	23	0.48 ± 0.31	21 (91.3)	0.51 ± 0.34	21 (91.3)
T. britovi	14	0.71 ± 0.36	14 (100)	0.68 ± 0.38	14 (100)
T. pseudospiralis	30	0.39 ± 0.23	22 (73.3)	0.4 ± 0.24	20 (66.7)
T. nelsoni	15	0.75 ± 0.47	14 (93.3)	0.72 ± 0.47	14 (93.3)

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