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. 2022 Jun 21;12:10426. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14490-6

Table 3.

Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of Crude Ag- ELISA and mixed rK39 and rK26 ELISA tests in comparison with DAT for serodiagnosis of L. infantum infection on human and dog’s sera.

Host Tests Sn. (%) Sp. (%) PPV (%) NPV (%)
Human rK39 and rK26 -ELISA 95.2 93 93 95.2
Crude Ag- ELISA 75 53.5 61.2 68.7
Dog rK39 and rK26 -ELISA 98.9 96.7 96.6 98.9
Crude Ag- ELISA 93.3 83.3 84.6 92.6

Sn Sensitivity, Sp Specificity, PPV Positive predictive value, NPV Negative predictive value.