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Table 3 ICT results of culture supernatants of different stages of L. loa and O. ochengi

From: 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

Parasite

Stage

No. of parasites per well

Incubation time (h)

ICT result

L. loa

Mf

5,000

6

+

  

150,00

6

++

 

L3

500

6

++

O. ochengi

Mf

750

12

_

  

4,500

6

_

  

4,500

24

_

 

L3

116

6

_

  

116

24

+

 

Adult male

8

6

++

  

8

12

+++

Control RPMI

 

24

-

  1. -, negative; +, positive