Evaluation of the rapid diagnostic test CareStart pLDH Malaria (Pf-pLDH/pan-pLDH) for the diagnosis of malaria in a reference setting

Table 1 Interpretation of test results for P. falciparum

	Species identification by microscopy corrected by PCR
		Non-falciparum
	P. falciparum	(P.vivax, P.ovale, P.malariae) or no parasites detected
Only Pf-pLDH		False positive
or	True positive	/
both Pf-pLDH and pan-pLDH		species mismatch**
No test line visible	False negative
or	/	True Negative
only pan-pLDH	species mismatch*

* P. falciparum diagnosed as non-falciparum species.
** Non-falciparum species diagnosed as P. falciparum or as a mixed infection with P. falciparum.

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