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Table 3 specificity and sensitivity of Clearview® Malaria pLDH for the detection of all Plasmodium species.

From: Evaluation of the Clearview® malaria pLDH malaria rapid diagnostic test in a non-endemic setting

Microscopic examination (confirmed by PCR)

Clearview Malaria pLDH

Specificity

(95 CI%)

Sensitivity

(95 CI%)

positive

negative

Negative

 

102

100% (96.4-100)

 

Positive P. falciparum

137

2

 

98.6% (94.9-99.6)

Positive P. vivax

20

2

 

90.9% (72.2-97.5)

Positive P. ovale

12

8

 

60.0% (38.7-78.1)

Positive P. malariae

6

1

 

85.7% (48.7-97.4)

P. falciparum and P. malariae

1

  

ND*

P. falciparum and P. ovale

1

  

ND*

  1. * ND: not determined