Laboratory assessment of SD Bioline HIV/Syphilis Duo Kit among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic Mayuge Health Center III, East central Uganda

Table 2 Showing the diagnostic performance of HIV–Syphilis SD Bioline Duo Kit

RDT	Infection	RDT result	Positive^a	Negative^a	Total
Diagnostic performance of HIV–Syphilis SD Bioline Duo Kit
SD HIV/Syphilis Duo	HIV	Positive	7	0	7
		Negative	0	375	375
		Total	7	375	382
	Syphilis	Positive	8	0	8
		Negative	0	374	374
		Total	8	374	382

RDT	Infection	% Sensitivity (95% CI)	% Specificity (95% CI)
Showing the operation performance of the HIV–Syphilis SD Bioline Duo Kit
SD Bioline HIV–Syphilis Duo assay	HIV	100.0 (99.5 to 100.0)	100.0 (98.6 to 100.0)
SD Bioline HIV–Syphilis Duo assay	Syphilis	100 (98.3 to 100.0)	100 (98.6 to 100)

^aThe gold standard method for HIV was the Ministry of Health (Uganda) HIV testing Algorithm; while for Syphilis, it was the Treponema pallidum Hemagglutination Assay (TPHA)

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