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Table 2 Line intensities of the Pv-PLDH line

From: Evaluation of the SD FK70 Malaria Ag Plasmodium vivax rapid diagnostic test in a non-endemic setting

 

Consensus readings of Pv-pLDH line*

Species and parasite density

Negative

Faint

Weak

Medium

Strong

Total

P. vivax 0–500/μl

10

4

14

  

28

P. vivax 501–1,000/μl

 

1

7

2

1

11

P. vivax > 1,000/μl

2

4

27

17

11

61

P. falciparum

71

 

4

  

75

P. ovale

75

    

75

P. malariae

25

    

25

Malaria negative samples

100

    

100

Total

283

9

52

19

12

375

  1. FK70 line intensity of the Pv-pLDH line for the different parasite densities
  2. * Consensus Readings: line intensity as read by at least two out of three readers