Comparison of rapid diagnostic test Plasmotec Malaria-3, microscopy, and quantitative real-time PCR for diagnoses of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections in Mimika Regency, Papua, Indonesia

Table 3 Summary RDT results compared with matching microscopy and qPCR in 3×3 table

RDT	Microscopy Pf			Microscopy Pf, Pv	Microscopy Pf, Pm	Microscopy Pv			Microscopy NP
Result	PCR	PCR	PCR	PCR	PCR	PCR	PCR	PCR	PCR	PCR	PCR
Result	Pf	Pf, Pv	NP	Pf, Pv	Pf, Pm	Pv	Pv, Pm	NP	Pf	Pv	NP
Pf	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Pf, Pan	40	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pv	1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	2
Pv, Pan	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	0
Pan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pf, Pv, Pan	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
No parasites	3	0	2	0	0	18	1	1	2	8	227
Σobservations	77	2	2	5	2	78	1	1	2	8	237

NP = No parasites. Pf: Plasmodium falciparum, Pv: Plasmodium vivax, Pm: Plasmodium malariae.

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