Table 2 Results of sandwich ELISA and nano-sandwich ELISA in diagnosis of G. lamblia.
Variable groups | Sandwich ELISA | Nano-sandwich ELISA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive cases | Negative cases | Positive cases | Negative cases | |||||
No | Mean ± SD | No | Mean ± SD | No | Mean ± SD | No | Mean ± SD | |
Group I: (diarrheic patients n = 81) | 68 | 1.09 ± 0.25 | 13 | 0.19 ± 0.16 | 74 | 1.31 ± 0.29 | 7 | 0.24 ± 0.15 |
Group II: (other parasitic infections n = 20) | 3 | 0.27 ± 0 | 9 | 0.21 ± 0.05 | 1 | — | 11 | 0.15 ± 0.05 |
Entamoeba histolytica n = 12 | ||||||||
Enterobius vermicularis n = 8 | 1 | — | 7 | 0.11 ± 0.06 | 0 | — | 8 | 0.09 ± 0.04 |
Group III: (Healthy controls n = 20) | 0 | — | 20 | 0.17 ± 0.06 | 0 | — | 20 | 0.21 ± 0.02 |
