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Table 1 Rapid diagnostic test results for Plasmodium knowlesi fresh blood from field isolates

From: Evaluation of three rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of human infections with Plasmodium knowlesi

P. knowlesi parasitaemia (parasites/μl)

OptiMAL-IT

BinaxNOW® Malaria

Paramax-3

  

Number of samples tested

 

Number of samples tested

 

Number of samples tested

>5,000

Pf-positive (Pf and Pan-positive)

13

Pf-positive

0

Pf-positive (Pf and Pan-positive)

1

Pan-positive (Pv/Pm/Po) only

1

Pan-positive (Pv/Pm/Po) only

8

Pv-positive (Pv and Pan-positive)

7

Pan-positive (Pm/Po) only

0

Negative

4

Negative

10

Negative

9

1,001-5,000

Pf-positive (Pf and Pan-positive)

4

Pf-positive

0

Pf-positive (Pf and Pan-positive)

0

Pan-positive (Pv/Pm/Po) only

1

Pan-positive (Pv/Pm/Po) only

0

Pv-positive (Pv and Pan-positive)

1

Pan-positive (Pm/Po) only

1

Negative

2

Negative

7

Negative

3

501-1,000

Pf-positive (Pf and Pan-positive)

0

Pf-positive

0

Pf-positive (Pf and Pan-positive)

0

Pan-positive (Pv/Pm/Po) only

0

Pan-positive (Pv/Pm/Po) only

0

Pv-positive (Pv and Pan-positive)

0

Pan-positive (Pm/Po) only

0

Negative

2

Negative

2

Negative

2

1-500

Pf-positive (Pf and Pan-positive)

1

Pf-positive

0

Pf-positive (Pf and Pan-positive)

0

Pan-positive (Pv/Pm/Po) only

0

Pan-positive (Pv/Pm/Po) only

0

Pv-positive (Pv and Pan-positive)

0

Pan-positive (Pm/Po) only

0

Negative

0

Negative

1

Negative

1

Total

Pf-positive (Pf and Pan-positive)

18

Pf-positive

0

Pf-positive (Pf and Pan-positive)

1

Pan-positive (Pv/Pm/Po) only

2

Pan-positive (Pv/Pm/Po) only

8

Pv-positive (Pv and Pan-positive)

8

Pan-positive (Pm/Po) only

1

Negative

8

Negative

20

Negative

15

Total tested

 

28

 

28

 

25

Total positive

 

20

 

8

 

10

Sensitivity

 

71%

 

29%

 

40%

(95% CI)

 

(54 – 88%)

 

(12 – 46%)

 

(21 – 59%)