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Table 1 Overall diagnostic performance of the SDB DD ICT against reference ELISAs

From: The performance of the SD BIOLINE Dengue DUO® rapid immunochromatographic test kit for the detection of NS1 antigen, IgM and IgG antibodies during a dengue type 1 epidemic in Jamaica

Dengue Parameter

No. of dengue ELISA pos/neg

No. of SDB DD ICT pos/neg

Sensitivity % (95 % CI)

Specificity % (95 % CI)

PPV % (95 % CI)

NPV % (95 % CI)

IgM

145/194

71/187

49.3 (41.3-57.4)

95.9 (92.1-97.9)

89.9 (81.3-94.8)

71.9 (66.2-77.0)

NS1

90/249

81/247

90.0 (82.1-94.7)

99.2 (97.1-99.8)

97.6 (91.6-99.3)

96.5 (93.5-98.1)

IgG

256/83

100/83

39.1 (33.3-45.2)

100 (95.6-100)

100 (96.3-100)

34.7 (29.0-41.0)

IgM/NS1

121/157

117/157

97.5 (92.9-99.2)

100 (97.6-100)

100 (96.8-100)

98.1 (94.6-99.4)

IgM/ NS1/ IgG

181/29

179/29

98.9 (96.0-99.7)

100 (88.3-100)

100 (97.9-100)

93.6 (79.3-98.2)

  1. 95 % CI is shown in parenthesis. pos = positive; neg = negative; SDB DD = SD BIOLINE Dengue DUO®; ICT = Immunochromatographic test