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Table 4 Detection of G. duodenalis cyst antigens in water samples by sandwich ELISA

From: Role of anti-Giardia recombinant cyst wall protein IgG polyclonal antibodies in diagnosis and protection

Water samples	Positive		Negative
Water samples	X ± SD	No.	X ± SD	No.
True negative controls			0.163 ± 0.05	20
Tested water samples (n = 20)
Nil			0.271 ± 0.03	1
Light cyst load:	0.534 ± 0.06	7
Moderate cyst load	0.682 ± 0.15	12

X: mean OD reading at 492 nm,
SD standard deviation

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