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