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Performance of different ELISA and IFA in diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
| Type of test | Sensitivity (%) |
Specificity (%) |
PPV (%)a |
NPV (%)b |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total-IgG ELISA | 83.6 | 62.7 | 55.4 | 87.3 |
| IgG1-ELISA | 64 | 75 | 56.1 | 80.6 |
| IgG4-ELISA | 85 | 49 | 50 | 84.4 |
| IgM-ELISA | 84.7 | 54.3 | 53.2 | 85.4 |
| IFA | 91.6 | 81 | 74.3 | 94.1 |
aPositive predictive value.
bNegative predictive value.
