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.