Diagnostic performance of ELISA, IFAT and Western blot for the detection of anti-Leishmania infantum antibodies in cats using a Bayesian analysis without a gold standard

Table 2 Output parameters of the accuracy of tests for each group of cats studied

	IFAT		ELISA		WB
	Median	CI	Median	CI	Median	CI
Non-endemic area: sample prevalence 0.02% (CI: 0.00–0.16)
Sensitivity	0.33	0.01–0.96	0.38	0.02–0.97	0.41	0.02–0.96
Specificity	0.99	0.94–1.00	0.98	0.92–1.00	0.96	0.90–0.99
Endemic area: sample prevalence 0.10% (CI: 0.01–0.96)
Sensitivity	0.43	0.07–0.93	0.26	0.00–0.94	0.64	0.07–0.99
Specificity	0.84	0.18–0.95	0.98	0.30–1.00	0.84	0.06–0.96
Affected by leishmaniosis: sample prevalence 0.89% (CI: 0.01–1.00)
Sensitivity	0.89	0.08–0.99	0.94	0.13–1.00	0.94	0.09–1.00
Specificity	0.21	0.01–0.95	0.18	0.00–0.93	0.16	0.00–0.94

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