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Table 2 Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of OnSite (Pf/Pan) in comparison with microscopy adjusted by nested PCR as gold standard

From: Evaluation of the OnSite (Pf/Pan) rapid diagnostic test for diagnosis of clinical malaria

Method

Test type

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity(95% CI)

PPV(95% CI)

NPV(95% CI)

Agreement

OnSite (Pf/Pan)

Pf

94.2 (89.3 -97.3)

99.5 (97.4 - 100.0)

99.3 (96.3 - 100.0)

96.0 (92.5 - 98.1)

0.973

OnSite (Pf/Pan)

Pv

97.3 (90.5 - 99.7)

98.7 (96.6 -99.6)

94.7 (86.9 - 98.5)

99.3 (97.6 -99.9)

0.984