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Table 1 Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values

From: Assessment of LED fluorescence microscopy for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infections in Gabon

 

LM

uvFM

ledFM × 400

Led FM × 1000

false positive

0

8

10

8

true positive

102

99

101

101

false negative

0

3

1

1

true negative

108

100

98

100

 

210

210

210

210

Sensitivity

GS

97.1%

99.0%

99.0%

Specificity

GS

92.6%

90.7%

92.6%

PPV

 

92.7%

91.2%

92.8%

NPV

 

97.0%

99.0%

99.0%

PPV cor.

 

49.7%

44.6%

50.2%

NPV cor.

 

99.8%

99.9%

99.9%

3 rd Readings

12.4%

22.9%

14.8%

12.9%

  1. Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values with LM as the Gold Standard are shown for ledFM and uvFM The PPV (positive predictive value) and NPV (negative predictive value) concern the study population and the corrected values used the prevalence of patients at Albert-Schweitzer Hospital with history of fever [8].