Table 2 Sensitivity and Specificity of different methods for diagnosis of VL
Diagnostic Method | Sensitivity in VL group (n = 75),% (95% CI) | Specificity in control groups, (n = 101),% (n) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Endemic Healthy Control (n = 25),% (95% CI) | Non-endemic Healthy Control (n = 26),% (95% CI) | Other Disease Control (n = 25),% (95% CI) | Tuberculosis control (n = 25),% (95% CI) | Specificity Total group, (n = 101),% (95% CI) | ||
rK39 ICT | 98.67 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
|  | (99.93-91.78) | (100–95.43) | (100–95.43) | (100–95.43) | (100–95.43) | (100–95.43) |
Ln-PCR | 96 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
|  | (98.96-87.97) | (100–95.43) | (100–95.43) | (100–95.43) | (100–95.43) | (100–95.43) |
LAMP | 90.7 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
|  | (95.84-81.14) | (100–95.43) | (100–95.43) | (100–95.43) | (100–95.43) | (100–95.43) |