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Table 8 Sensitivity and specificity of microscopy and CareStart™ Malaria 2 line pLDH (Pan) compared to sensitive species PCR genotyping

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

 

Microscopy

CareStart™ Malaria 2 line pLDH (Pan)

Sensitivity

Specificity

  

Overall

91.6

[88.3-94.0]

90.0

[85.7-93.1]

87.7

[84.1-90.6]

87.0

[82.4-90.6]

PF monoinfection

91.1

[84.8-95.0]

97.9

[96.2-98.8]

90.8

[84.6-94.6]

-

PV monoinfection

90.8

[86.3-94.0]

93.9

[91.2-95.8]

90.4

[85.7-93.6]

-

  1. Note
  2. PFG/PVG counted as a positive microscopy result for the purposes of this analysis
  3. MP counted as negative
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