Chakravarty, Jaya ; Kumar, Subodh ; Kumar, Rajiv ; Gautam, Shalini ; Rai, Madhukar ; Sundar, Shyam (2011) Evaluation of rk39 immunochromatographic test with urine for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 105 (9). pp. 537-539. ISSN 0035-9203
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Abstract
This study evaluates commercially available rK39 immunochromatographic strips using urine for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Freshly collected urine and serum samples of 280 parasitologically confirmed VL patients and 66 endemic healthy controls (EHC), 48 nonendemic healthy controls (NEHC) and 45 different diseases were tested with rK39 strips. The sensitivity of rK39 in urine was 96.4% while the specificity was low varying from 66.7% in EHC, 77.08% in NEHC to 62.2% in different diseases. With serum, sensitivity was 100% whereas the specificity was 100%, 92.4% and 95.55% for the respective control groups. In the present format, the immunochromatographic strips cannot be used for the diagnosis of VL using urine samples.
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| Keywords: | rK39 ICT; Visceral leishmaniasis; Urine; Diagnosis |
| ID Code: | 71333 |
| Deposited On: | 25 Nov 2011 12:55 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Nov 2011 12:55 |
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