Table 3 Specificities of the Plasmodium falciparum HRP2 and LDH-based rapid diagnostic tests against Giemsa-stained blood slide microscopy (gold standard) between days 3 and 42
HRP2 | LDH | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Day | % | CI 95% | % | CI 95% | p-value | ||
3 | NA | 20/49 | 41 | 27-56 | |||
7 | NA | 40/53 | 76 | 62-86 | |||
14 | 11/52 | 21 | 11-35 | 51/52 | 98 | 90-100 | <0.0001 |
21 | 17/50 | 34 | 21-49 | 48/50 | 96 | 86-100 | <0.0001 |
28 | 29/49 | 59 | 44-73 | 49/49 | 100 | 93-100 | <0.0001 |
35 | 35/50 | 70 | 55-82 | 48/50 | 96 | 86-100 | <0.005 |
42 | 45/52 | 87 | 74-94 | 50/52 | 96 | 87-100 | >0.05 |