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Table 2 Sensitivity and specificity expresessed as perecentarge of microscopy and ICTs (BINAXNOW and CARESTART) as alternately compared to QPCR and microscopy as gold standard method.

From: Multiplex real-time quantitative PCR, microscopy and rapid diagnostic immuno-chromatographic tests for the detection of Plasmodium spp: performance, limit of detection analysis and quality assurance

Assay type

QPCR

Microscopy

Sensitivity

Specificity

Sensitivity

Specificity

Microscopy

86.22

99.63

NA*

NA

BINAXNOW

83.67

99.26

86.47

93.58

CARESTART

85.2

99.26

88.24

93.58

QPCR

NA

NA

99.41

90.88

  1. * NA - Not Applicable