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Table 3 Summary of the validity and reliability of SD BIOLINE HIV / syphilis Duo kit

From: Evaluation of the SD BIOLINE HIV/syphilis Duo assay at a rural health center in Southwestern Uganda

 

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

PPV (95% CI)

NPV (95% CI)

Syphilis (%)

100.0 (79.1 - 100.0)

100.0 (97.7 - 100.0)

100.0 (79.1 - 100.0)

100.0 (97.7 - 100.0)

HIV* (%)

100.0 (75.9 - 100.0)

99.5 (96.9 - 99.9)

94.1 (69.2 - 99.7)

100.0 (97.7 - 100.0)

  1. TPHA – Treponema pallidum hemagglutination assay; HIV algorithm - Determine, Statpak and UniGold tests run serially; Duo kit – SD BIOLINE HIV/syphilis duo kit.
  2. *HIV-syphilis results were obtained from TPHA and HIV algorithm results.