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Table 2 Comparison of four malaria rapid diagnostic tests with microscopic examination

From: Comparative performance of aldolase and lactate dehydrogenase rapid diagnostic tests in Plasmodium vivax detection

Assay category

P. vivax-positive samples

P. vivax-negative samples

 

+(%)

-(%)

+(%)

-(%)

mAb 1C3-12 F10

75 (97.4)

2 (2.6)

0 (0)

456 (100)

One Step Malaria P.f/P.v

72 (93.5)

5 (6.5)

9 (2.0)

447 (98.0)

ParaHit Total ver. 1.0

75 (97.4)

2 (2.6)

2 (0.4)

454 (99.6)

SD Bioline Malaria

72 (93.5)

5 (6.5)

0 (0)

423 (100)

  1. Plasmodium vivax-negative samples refer to both non-P. vivax specimen as well as specimen collected from healthy individuals with no history of malaria infection. In the case of SD Bioline, P. vivax negative samples included only healthy samples.
  2. “+ and -” represent the number of detected and undetected specimen, respectively.
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Malaria Journal

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