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. 2012 Dec 3;5:280. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-280

Table 2.

Sensitivity and Specificity of different methods for diagnosis of VL

Diagnostic Method Sensitivity in VL group (n = 75),%(95%CI) Specificity in control groups, (n = 101),%(n)
Endemic Healthy Control (n = 25),%(95%CI) Non-endemic Healthy Control (n = 26),%(95%CI) Other Disease Control (n = 25),%(95%CI) Tuberculosis control (n = 25),%(95%CI) Specificity Total group, (n = 101),%(95%CI)
rK39 ICT
98.67
100
100
100
100
100
 
(99.93-91.78)
(100–95.43)
(100–95.43)
(100–95.43)
(100–95.43)
(100–95.43)
Ln-PCR
96
100
100
100
100
100
 
(98.96-87.97)
(100–95.43)
(100–95.43)
(100–95.43)
(100–95.43)
(100–95.43)
LAMP
90.7
100
100
100
100
100
  (95.84-81.14) (100–95.43) (100–95.43) (100–95.43) (100–95.43) (100–95.43)