Performance of two rapid diagnostic tests for malaria diagnosis at the China-Myanmar border area

Malaria Journal

Table 5 Detection results of malaria infections by Malaria Pv/Pf test and Malaria Pf/Pan test in comparison with the microscopic method (N=350)

Method	Species	Species identified by microscopy					Total
Method	Species	P. falciparum	P. vivax	P. falciparum + P. vivax	P. ovale	Negative	Total
Pv/Pf Test	P. falciparum	32	1	6	0	1	40
	P. vivax	0	39	0	0	3	42
	P. falciparum + P. vivax	2	2	4	0	0	8
	Negative	3	8	1	0	248	260
Pf/Pan Test	P. falciparum	17	1	2	0	2	22
	Pan(non-falciparum)	0	36	0	0	2	38
	P. falciparum + Pan	15	8	8	0	2	33*
	Negative	5	5	1	0	246	257
	Total	37	50	11	0	252	350

* For the Pf/Pan device, these cases had both test lines visible, suggesting they were either P. falciparum single infections or P. falciparum/non-falciparum mixed infections.

ISSN: 1475-2875