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Table 3 Comparison of RDT and microscopy performance using PCR as golden standard in semi-rural suburbs of Kinshasa, 2012 (N = 166)

From: Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection is associated with anaemia in pregnancy and can be more cost-effectively detected by rapid diagnostic test than by microscopy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  

PCR results

Performances

  

Positive

Negative

Total

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Microscopy

+

33

3

36

67.3% (52.5-80.1)

97.4% (92.7-99.5)

91.7% (77.5-98.2)

87.7% (80.8-92.8)

 

-

16

114

130

    

RDT

+

40

6

46

81.6% (68.0-91.2)

94.9% (89.2-98.1)

87.0% (73.7-95.1)

92.5% (86.2-96.5)

 

-

9

111

120

    

Microscopy and RDT

+

40

6

46

81.6% (68.0-91.2)

94.9% (89.2-98.1)

87.0% (73.7-95.1)

92.5% (86.2-96.5)

 

-

9

111

120

    
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Malaria Journal

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