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Table 3 Sensitivities of both test lines separately for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum

From: Evaluation of the malaria rapid diagnostic test SDFK90: detection of both PfHRP2 and Pf-pLDH

Microscopy corrected by PCR

Number

% Sensitivity PfHRP2 line (95% CI)

% Sensitivity Pf-pLDH line, (95% CI)

McNemar (p-value)

All P. falciparum samples

336

97.3 (95.0-98.8)

86.9 (82.8-90.3)

0.0001

Pure gametocytaemia

18

77.8 (52.4-93.6)

61.1 (35.8-82.7)

0.4497

Asexual parasite density 1-100/μl

36

97.2 (85.5-99.9)

30.6 (16.4-48.1)

0.0001

Asexual parasite density 101-200/μl

19

100 (82.4-100)

73.7 (48.8-90.9)

0.0736

Asexual parasite density 201-1,000/μl

44

95.5 (84.5-99.4)

88.6 (75.4-96.2)

0.3711

Asexual parasite density >1,000/μl

219

99.1 (96.7-99.9)

99.1 (96.7-99.9)

0.4795

Asexual parasite density >100/μl

282

98.6 (96.4-99.6)

95.7 (92.7-97.8)

0.0433

Excluding pure gametocytaemia

318

98.4 (96.4-99.5)

99.1 (97.3-99.8)

0.4658