Table 4.

Sensitivity and specificity of saliva for the detection of HIV antibodies by various authors

Authors	Year	HIV positive subjects	HIV negative subjects	Sensitivity	Specificity
Parry et al. (ELISA)	1987	43	10	100	100
Arichbald et al. (ELISA)	1991	21	---	95.2	---
Chamanput et al. (ELISA)	1993	100	100	99	100
Luo et al. (ELISA)	1995	50	57	96	100
Ishiwak et al. (ELISA)	1995	63	76	100	100
Pasquier et al. (ELISA)	1997	530	---	100	99.8
Prudenico et al. (ELISA)	1998	187	115	95.2	97.4
Schramm et al. (ELISA)	1999	684	652	100	99.1
Wesolowski et al. (ELISA)	2006	26066	---	90	99.8
Nitika et al. (STRIP Test)	2007	146	304	100	100
Balamane et al. (Viral RNA test )	2010	69	---	95	-
Joanne et al. (Viral RNA Test )	2017	8	8	87.5	95
Chengting et al. (Agglutination PCR ADAP)	2018	22	22	100	100