Application of a recombinant novel trypsin from Trichinella spiralis for serodiagnosis of trichinellosis

Parasites & Vectors

Table 3 Anti-Trichinella immunoglobulin G levels in serum of T. spiralis-infected pigs

Parasite species	No. of serum samples^a	rTsTryp-ELISA		ES antigens-ELISA
Parasite species	No. of serum samples^a	OD value (mean ± SD)	No. of positive samples (%)	OD value (mean ± SD)	No. of positive samples (%)
Trichinella spiralis	18	0.72 ± 0.11	18 (100)	0.93 ± 0.12	18 (100)
Ascaris suum	4	0.18 ± 0.03	0	0.22 ± 0.02	0
Uninfected pigs	55	0.13 ± 0.04	0	0.13 ± 0.06	0

ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, ES excretory/secretory, OD optical density, rTsTryp recombinant T. spiralis trypsin, SD standard deviation
^aT. spiralis-infected pig serum samples were obtained at 70 days post-infection. A. suum infection serum samples were obtained from naturally infected pigs slaughtered at the slaughterhouse

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