Table 2 Comparative performance of Rapid Diagnostic Test kits (Parascreen, Falcivax, Malascan, First Response and ParaHIT Total) with traditional light microscopy and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for diagnosis of Malaria

93.2

88.4

90.5

95.8

65.8

(88.6-96.3)

(83.0-92.6)

(85.4-94.3)

(91.9-98.2)

(58.6-72.5)

64.3

64.8

60.4

58.8

76.9

(56.9-71.2)

(57.4-71.8)

(52.9-67.6)

(51.3-66.0)

(70.1-82.8)

2.6

2.5

2.3

2.3

2.9

(2.1-3.2)

(2.1-3.1)

(1.9-2.8)

(1.9-2.8)

(2.2-3.8)

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.44

(0.1-0.2)

(0.1-0.3)

(0.1-0.3)

(0.04-0.14)

(0.36-0.55)

73.1

72.4

70.5

70.8

74.9

(67.1-78.6)

(67.2-78.1)

(64.3-76.1)

(64.8-76.3)

(67.6-81.2)

90.0

84.3

85.9

93.0

68.3

(83.5-94.6)

(77.2-89.9)

(78.7-91.4)

(86.8-96.9)

(61.4-74.6)

79.0

76.9

75.8

77.7

71.2

0.58

0.53

0.51

0.55

0.43

86.6

83.1

85.7

89.2

61.0

(81.5-90.7)

(77.7-87.7)

(80.5-90.0)

(84.4-92.9)

(54.4-67.4)

73.7

75.2

70.7

67.7

85.0

(65.3-80.9)

(67.0-82.3)

(62.2-78.2)

(59.0-75.5)

(77.7-90.6)

3.3

3.4

2.9

2.8

4.1

(2.5-4.4)

(2.5-4.5)

(2.2-3.8)

(2.2-3.5)

(2.7-6.2)

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.46

(0.1-0.3)

(0.2-0.3)

(0.1-0.3)

(0.11-0.24)

(0.38-0.55)

85.1

85.3

83.5

82.7

87.6

(79.9-89.4)

(80.0-89.7)

(78.2-88.0)

(77.5-87.2)

(81.5-92.2)

76.0

71.9

74.0

78.3

55.7

(67.7-83.1)

(63.7-79.2)

(65.5-81.4)

(69.6-85.4)

(48.5-62.6)

81.9

80.2

80.2

81.3

69.8

0.61

0.58

0.57

0.59

0.41