Evaluations of specificity & sensitivity of rK39 test in Visceral Leishmaniasis and HIV Co-infection

The rK39 strip test is a simple, non-invasive, sensitive and specific test for screening of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL). Clinically VL-HIV and co-infected 50 parasitological confirm patients enrolled forms RMRIMS, Patna Bihar. The objective behind highlighting this co-infection is for awareness of treating physician to take care of the patients suffering with fever and hepato spleenomegaly might be co-infected with HIV. Other control arm HIV positive patients taken from ART centre RMRIMS Patna and relative of Visceral Leishmaniasis patients who are living with VL-HIV co-infected blood sample has been taken. The sensitivity & specificity of rK39 test in parasitological confirmed VL-HIV co-infected patients was 100% positive and other group in control arm rK39 showed negative result. These results suggest that rK39 strip test shows highly sensitivity & specificity in case of VL-HIV co infection.