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. 2010 Sep 14;4(9):e822. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000822

Table 4. Results of testing human VL sera from Sudan on K28-DPP and Kalazar Detect RDTs.

Sudan Sera % Sensitivity 95% Confidence Interval % Specificity 95% Confidence Interval
K28 DPP* 95.9 88.46–99.14% 100 94.22–100.0%
Kalazar Detect* 86.3 76.25–93.23% 98.4 91.34–99.96%
DAT* 94.5 86.56–98.49% 100 94.31–100.0%
No. of Sera Tested 73 62

*K28 DPP is manufactured by Chembio Diagnostics Systems Inc., the Kalazar Detect test is manufactured by Inbios International Inc, and DAT is the Direct Agglutination Test. Sera from healthy endemic individuals were used as controls for specificity testing.