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Table 1 Relationship between results of antibody response to A and B subunits of Stx2 by Western blot (WB) and ELISA (E)

From: Humoral immune response to Shiga Toxin 2 (Stx2) among Brazilian urban children with hemolytic uremic syndrome and healthy controls

WBa

No. of sera from HUS

No. of sera from controls

 

E+b

E-c

E+

E-

A+ / AB+

10

3

11

23

AB-

0

0

1

19

  1. aA+/AB+, Western blot positive by any parameter whether AB positive or only A positive; AB-, Western blot negative.
  2. bE+, ELISA positive.
  3. cE-, ELISA negative.
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