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. 2010 Nov 26;3:114. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-114

Table 1.

Comparison of urine and Serum based rK-39 strip test in the diagnosis of clinically suspected VL

Patient type Serum rK-39 test Urine rK-39 test

+ve -ve +ve -ve
No. of VL case 100 0 95 5

No. of Malaria 0 25 5 20

No. of Non endemic healthy control 0 25 0 25

No. of VL Endemic healthy control 0 25 0 25

Total 100 75 100 75

Urine rK-39 strip sensitivity: 95% (95% CI: 88.2-98.1); specificity: 93.3% (95% CI: 84.5-97.5); kappa (κ): 0.88