Table 3 Sensitivity of UMT with microscopy at different parasite densities
Parasite densities (parasites/μl) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Parameters | ≤ 100 | ≤ 200 | ≥ 201 | Overall |
Sensitivity | 0 | 50% | 89.71% | 83.75% |
95% CI | 0% to 80.71% | 21.21% to 78.79% | 79.93% to 95.74% | 73.81% to 91.05% |
PPV | 0% | 24% | 76.25% | 77.91% |
95% CI | 0.00% to 17.80% | 9.42% to 45.13% | 65.42% to 85.05% | 67.67% to 86.14% |
NPV | 97.96% | 94.12% | 93.20% | 88.07% |
95% CI | 92.81 to 99.69% | 87.63% to 97.80% | 86.49% to 97.41% | 80.47% to 93.49 |