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Table 2 Comparison of diagnostic test specificity

From: A multicentric evaluation of the recombinant Leishmania infantum antigen-based immunochromatographic assay for the serodiagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis

Serum sample

Comparison of diagnostic test specificity (CI) [n/N]

 

EIE®LVC

DPP® LVC

DPP rLci1A

DPP rLci2B

DPP rLci1A/rLci2B

L. braziliensis

25%

100%

100%

100%

100%

(5–70)

(57–100)

(57–100)

(57–100)

(57–100)

[3/4]

[0/5]

[0/5]

[0/5]

[0/5]

T. cruzi

50%

100%

100%

100%

100%

(15–85)

(57–100)

(57–100)

(57–100)

(57–100)

[2/4]

[0/5]

[0/5]

[0/5]

[0/5]

E. canis

67%

100%

100%

100%

100%

(30–90)

(61–100)

(61–100)

(61–100)

(61–100)

[2/6]

[0/6]

[0/6]

[0/6]

[0/6]

B. canis

50%

100%

100%

100%

100%

(15–85)

(51–100)

(51–100)

(51–100)

(51–100)

 

[2/4]

[0/4]

[0/4]

[0/4]

[0/4]

Negative dogs

88%

95%

100%

100%

100%

(66–97)

(76–99)

(84–100)

(84-100

(84–100)

[2/17]

[1/20]

[0/20]

[0/20]

[0/20]

Total

26%

97.5%

100%

100%

100%

 

(14–42)

(87–100)

(91–100)

(91–100)

(91–100)

 

[26/35]

[1/40]

[0/40]

[0/40]

[0/40]

  1. Abbreviations: C = confidence interval, n = number of sera that tested positive, N = number of sera evaluated.