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Table 4 Levels of agreement between different laboratories in the ring trial for the detection and differentiation of Plasmodium species with PCR-NALFIA

From: Development, validation and evaluation of a rapid PCR-nucleic acid lateral flow immuno-assay for the detection of Plasmodium and the differentiation between Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax

 

K values*

Laboratory 1

Laboratory 2

Laboratory 3

Reference

0.90

0.94

0.84

Laboratory 1

-

0.92

0.80

Laboratory 2

-

-

0.76

Laboratory 3

-

-

-

  1. *The k values represent the agreement beyond chance between each laboratory and the reference and between two laboratories.
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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