Table 1. Serologic testing in patients with and without HIV infection*.
| VL cases (no. patients) | IFAT |
DAT |
LATEX |
k39 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | – | + | – | + | – | + | – | |
| HIV negative (20) | 18 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| HIV infected (13) | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
*VL, visceral leishmaniasis; IFAT, indirect immunofluorescent antibody test, 1985–1994; DAT, direct antibody agglutination test (beginning in 1989); LATEX, latex agglutination test, 1996–2003; k39, recombinant k39 antigen detection test (beginning in 2002); +, positive result; –, negative result.