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Table 1 Accuracy assessment of Paracheck®, by village and for the whole sample

From: Use of HRP-2-based rapid diagnostic test for Plasmodium falciparum malaria: assessing accuracy and cost-effectiveness in the villages of Dielmo and Ndiop, Senegal

RDT characteristic

Village

Total sample (N = 189)

 

Dielmo (n = 122)

Ndiop (n = 67)

(%)

95%CI*

Sensitivity

100

100

100

[73.5 - 100]

Specificity

97.4

100

98.3

[95.1 - 99.6]

Positive Predictive Value

72.7

100

80.0

[51.9 - 95.7]

Negative Predictive Value

100

100

100

[97.9 - 100]

  1. * 95%CI : 95% Confidence Interval (exact method)