Table 2 Specificity of antigen detection with rapid diagnostic tests compared to blood slide microscopy during follow-up.
Specificity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pf LDH | Pf HRP2 | |||
% | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | |
D3 | 87.1 (141/162) *** | 81.0 - 91.4 | 17.3 (28/162) | 12.2 - 23.8 |
D7 | 92.0 (151/164) *** | 86.9 - 95.3 | 29.9 (49/164) | 23.4 - 37.3 |
D14 | 96.1 (150/156) *** | 91.9 - 98.2 | 55.8 (87/156) | 47.9 - 63.3 |
D21 | 96.5 (137/142) *** | 92.1 - 98.5 | 73.2 (104/142) | 65.4 - 79.8 |
D28 | 97.6 (122/125) *** | 93.1 - 98.2 | 73.6 (92/155) | 65.2 - 80.5 |
D35 | 97.6 (81/83) NS | 91.6 - 99.3 | 95.2 (79/83) | 88.2 - 98.1 |
D42 | 100.0 (77/77) NS | 95.2 - 100.0 | 94.8 (73/77) | 87.4 - 98.0 |