Further evidence of the cross-reactivity of the Binax NOW® Filariasis ICT cards to non-Wuchereria bancrofti filariae: experimental studies with Loa loa and Onchocerca ochengi

Table 1 Baboon infection history and whole blood/sera ICT results

Baboon SN	Date of first inoculation	Date of second inoculation	Number of L3 inoculated	Patency period (days)	Highest Loa mf load	Mf count on analysis	ICT results
Baboon SN	Date of first inoculation	Date of second inoculation	Number of L3 inoculated	Patency period (days)	Highest Loa mf load	Mf count on analysis	Whole blood^b	Serum^c
1	14.iv.2006	21.xii.2011	600	184	17,900	40	Positive	Positive
2	21.x.2008	22.xii.011	600	174	150,000	2,480	Positive	Positive
3	23.xii.2011	None	600	206	190,380	42,220	Positive	Positive
4	27.ix.2012	None	600	Natural infection^a	9,213	3,980	Positive	Positive
5 (Control)	None	None	None	0	0	0	Negative	Negative

^aAnimal with positive L. loa infection prior to its introduction in the rearing centre
^bICT done 5 times
^cICT done in duplicates

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