Evaluation of three parasite lactate dehydrogenase-based rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of falciparum and vivax malaria

Table 7 Inter-observer agreement for the 3 rapid diagnostic tests

	1^st and 2^nd reading		1^st and 3^rd reading
	N	*kappa*	N	*kappa*
CareStart™ Malaria 2 line pLDH (Pan)	1315	0.967	1295	0.341
CareStart™ Malaria 3 line pLDH (Pan, PF)	1312	0.941	1258	0.280
OptiMAL-IT ^®	1316	0.923	1296	0.341

A kappa value of > 0.8 signifies very good agreement
2nd reading performed 10 minutes after the 1^st; 3^rd reading performed 1 week after the 1^st.

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