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Kit showed 100 per cent sensitivity and 97 per cent specificity, whereas ErbaLisa syphilis showed 89 per cent sensitivity and 100 per cent specificity. However, one kit Syphilis ELISA (Oscar Medicare Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi) did not show agreement with the paired plasma samples at any dilution and was not considered suitable for the testing of DBS samples. The agreement between the plasma and DBS results was found to range from 94.5 to 98.5 per cent with a kappa agreement score of 0.89 for TPHA, ErbaLisa, and 0.97 for ELISA-Syphilis Total Ab.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Interpretation &amp; conclusions<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The findings of this study confirmed that the DBS samples can be used for the detection of anti-treponemal antibodies using the above-validated kits and thus may be a valuable tool in surveillance and epidemiological surveys conducted in India. 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