TABLE 3.

Performances of IHA, IFA, and the strip-test for detection of anti-leishmania IgG antibodies in 72 patients with suspected VL^a

Assay	No. of patients with the following result:				Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	PPVa (%)
	True positive	True negative	False positive	False negative
IHA	15	49	8	0	100	86.0	65.2
IFA	13	53	4	2	86.6	93.0	76.5
Strip-test	12	57	0	3	80.0	100	100

^aSensitivity, specificity, and PPV were calculated as described in Materials and Methods.