Antigen Number of CE patients Confirmatory test Technique, antibody Sensitivity (%) Negative serology more frequent when Reference Purified 21 Surgery Immunochromatography, IgG 100 Not specified
[42 ] Immunochromatography, IgG4 95 23 Surgery ELISA, IgG 100 Not specified
[46 ] 5 Imaging techniques and serology 80 13 Serology 0 32 Imaging techniques ELISA, IgG 93.8 CE4 and CE5 cyst stages [16 ] 40 Surgery ELISA, IgG 87.5 Not specified
[30 ] ELISA, IgG4 80 108 Surgery DIGFA, IgG 89.8 Cyst location other than liver; CE1, CE4, and CE5 cyst stages; small cysts [43 ] 113 Imaging techniques DIGFA, IgG 92.9 Not specified [44 ] 35 Imaging techniques ELISA, IgG 54 CE1, CE4, and CE5 cyst stages [63 ] 56 Surgery ELISA, all (Protein G) 96.91 Not specified
[37 ] 82.12 Recombinant B1 31 Surgery ELISA, all (Protein G) 71 Parasite genotype other than G1 [38 ] 124 Surgery ELISA, IgG 83 Not specified [19 ] 246 Imaging techniques ELISA, all (Protein G) 77.6 Not specified [64 ] 113 Imaging techniques DIGFA, IgG 77.9 Not specified [44 ] 56 Surgery ELISA, all (Protein G) 94.6 Not specified [37 ] 123 Imaging techniques ELISA, IgG 73.9 CE4 and CE5 cyst stages, no pretreatment [15 ] Recombinant B2 543 Surgery ELISA, IgG 77.8 Single cyst, no pretreatment
[17 ] 1864 79 124 Surgery ELISA, IgG 62.9 Not specified [19 ] Recombinant 2B2 543 Surgery ELISA, IgG 92.6 Single cyst, no pretreatment
[17 ] 1864 87.6 Recombinant B3 124 Surgery ELISA, IgG 29 Not specified [19 ] Recombinant B4 124 Surgery ELISA, IgG 75.8 Not specified [19 ] 36 Surgery ELISA, IgG 91.7 Not specified [39 ] Recombinant B5 124 Surgery ELISA, IgG 41.3 Not specified [19 ] P176 peptide 61 Surgery ELISA, IgG 78.7 Lung cysts, no complications, single cyst, and small cysts [48 ] 63 Surgery ELISA, IgG 23.8 Not specified [50 ] Long D8-9 peptide 35 Imaging techniques ELISA IgG 74.3 Not specified [41 ]