Table 2. Serological evaluation of antigens for diagnosis of leishmaniasis.
Antigen | Sensitivity (CI 95%; N = 119) | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (CI 95%; N = 67) | Specificity (%) | LR | ||||||
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Sym. (N = 50) | Asy. (N = 50) | CoInfec (N = 19) | Bab. (N = 7) | Ehr. (N = 6) | T. cruzi (N = 20) | NI (N = 34) | AC (%) | ||||
rDyn-1 protein | 100.0 0.969 to 1.00 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 97.01 0.8963 to 0.996 | 71.43 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 98.92 | 33.50 |
Mix peptides | 98.32 0.940 to 0.998 | 100.0 | 98.00 | 94.74 | 98.51 0.9196 to 0.999 | 100.0 | 83.33 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 98.39 | 65.87 |
rKDDR-plus protein | 99.16 0.954 to 0.999 | 100.0 | 98.00 | 100.00 | 95.52 0.8747 to 0.990 | 71.43 | 100.0 | 95.00 | 100.00 | 97.85 | 22.15 |
K-plus 1 peptide | 98.32 0.940 to 0.998 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 89.47 | 94.03 0.8541 to 0.983 | 100.0 | 66.67 | 95.00 | 97.06 | 96.77 | 16.47 |
Dyn-1 peptide | 99.16 0.954 to 0.999 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 94.74 | 88.06 0.7782 to 0.947 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 60.00 | 100.0 | 95.16 | 8.3 |
Crude extract | 95.8 0.904 to 0.986 | 98.00 | 94.00 | 94.74 | 85,07 0.7426 to 0.926 | 71.43 | 100.0 | 65.00 | 97.06 | 91.94 | 6.4 |
rK39 | 94.96 0.893 to 0.981 | 98.00 | 94.00 | 89.47 | 83.58 0.7252 to 0.915 | 71.43 | 66.67 | 85.00 | 88.24 | 90.86 | 5.78 |
K-plus 2 peptide | 91.6 0.8509 to 0.9590 | 94.00 | 90.00 | 89.47 | 47.76 0.3540 to 0.603 | 57.14 | 33.33 | 65.00 | 38.24 | 75.81 | 1.75 |
Abbreviations: CI: confidence interval, Sym.: symptomatic, Asy.: asymptomatic, CoInfec: coinfected, Bab.: Babesia sp., Ehr: Ehrlichia sp., NI: not infected, AC: accuracy LR: likelihood.