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Table 3 Detection of anti-Trichinella IgG antibodies in serum samples of patients with trichinellosis and other parasitoses by rTsE-ELISA and ES-ELISA

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

Sera of mice infected with specific parasites

No. of serum samples

ELISA with rTsE

ELISA with ML ES

OD ± SD

No. of positive samples (%)

OD ± SD

No. of positive samples (%)

Trichinellosis

38

0.95 ± 0.41

37 (97.37)

1.00 ± 0.44

34 (89.47)

Early trichinellosisa

13

0.97 ± 0.54

12 (92.31)

1.00 ± 0.58

10 (76.92)

Late trichinellosisb

25

0.94 ± 0.32

25 (100)

1.00 ± 0.34

24 (96.00)

Hepatic capillariasis

5

0.24 ± 0.04

0 (0)

0.21 ± 0.03

0 (0)

Ancylostomiasis

1

0.167

0 (0)

0.152

0 (0)

Paragonimiasis

20

0.27 ± 0.14

1 (5.00)

0.28 ± 0.16

2 (10.00)

Schistosomiasis

30

0.21 ± 0.06

0 (0)

0.28 ± 0.07

0 (0)

Clonorchiasis

7

0.34 ± 0.13

1 (14.29)

0.41 ± 0.13

2 (28.57)

Cysticercosis

20

0.24 ± 0.11

0 (0)

0.27 ± 0.11

0 (0)

Echinococcosis

20

0.18 ± 0.10

0 (0)

0.30 ± 0.10

0 (0)

Sparganosis

8

0.20 ± 0.06

0 (0)

0.21 ± 0.07

0 (0)

Healthy individuals

111

0.16 ± 0.06

0 (0)

0.29 ± 0.04

0 (0)

  1. aEarly trichinellosis, the sera of patients with early trichinellosis was collected at 19 days after infection
  2. bLate trichinellosis, the sera of patients with late trichinellosis was collected at 35 days after infection
  3. Abbreviations: OD, OD-value; SD, standard deviation