[Method for the statistical processing of the results of an immunoenzyme analysis]

A method for the statistical processing of data having different distribution functions is proposed. This method consists in the use of integral distribution functions. The description of the method based on the use of Soviet serial table-top microcomputers, model Elektronika MK-56, with specially developed programs (primary statistical data processing and single-factor regression analysis) is presented. The possibilities of this method are illustrated, by way of example, by processing the results of the determination of Shigella sonnei O-antigen, obtained by ELISA of serum samples taken from patients divided into different clinical groups according to the dynamics of the disease and the therapeutic methods used, as well as from control groups: healthy persons and patients with other intestinal diseases (salmonellosis and Escherichia coli infection). The above procedure has made it possible to differentiate the level of infectious O-antigenemia in accordance with the duration and the severity of the disease, as well as in accordance with the effectiveness of therapy.