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Table 4 Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and Kappa comparison of the four rapid diagnostic tests

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

Test assay

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Kappa, K

1C3-12 F10

97.4

100

100

99.5

0.9844

One-step malaria

93.5

98.0

88.9

98.8

0.8958

ParaHit total

97.4

99.6

99.5

99.5

0.9697

SD bioline

93.5

100

100

98.8

0.9609

  1. PPV, Positive predictive value; NPV, Negative predictive value.
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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