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. 2023 Aug 4;17(8):e0011535. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011535

Table 2. Serological evaluation of antigens for diagnosis of leishmaniasis.

Antigen Sensitivity (CI 95%; N = 119) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (CI 95%; N = 67) Specificity (%) LR
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.