TABLE 2.
Measure of agreement among the results of IFAT, ELISA, and DS Leishmania tests calculated for 845 dogs at the study starting pointa
| Test and result | No. of dogs with the following DS result:
|
No. of dogs with the following ELISA result:
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive | Negative | Positive | |
| IFAT negative | 750 | 2 | 692 | 54 |
| IFAT positive | 3 | 76 | 0 | 79 |
| ELISA negative | 694 | 0 | ||
| ELISA positive | 63 | 80 | ||
a
For IFAT versus DS, the concordance of the results was excellent (κ = 0.965; P < 0.001); for IFAT versus ELISA, the concordance of the results was good (κ = 0.710; P < 0.001); and for ELISA versus DS, the concordance of the results was good (κ = 0.678; P < 0.001).