Malaria rapid diagnostic test as point-of-care test: study protocol for evaluating the VIKIA® Malaria Ag Pf/Pan

Kim, Saorin; Nhem, Sina; Dourng, Dany; Ménard, Didier

doi:10.1186/s12936-015-0633-3

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Results of the three quality assessments performed by the research team

From: Malaria rapid diagnostic test as point-of-care test: study protocol for evaluating the VIKIA® Malaria Ag Pf/Pan

Aliquot ID		QA 1 (Day 0)				QA 2 (Day 7)				QA 3 (Day 14)
		RDT reading results			Interpretation	RDT reading results			Interpretation	RDT reading results			Interpretation
		C	Pf	Pan	Interpretation	C	Pf	Pan	Interpretation	C	Pf	Pan	Interpretation
3	Negative	P	A	A	Concordant	P	A	A	Concordant	P	A	A	Concordant
8	Negative	P	A	A	Concordant	P	A	A	Concordant	P	A	A	Concordant
17	Negative	P	A	A	Concordant	P	A	A	Concordant	P	A	A	Concordant
18	Negative	P	A	A	Concordant	P	A	A	Concordant	P	A	A	Concordant
5	P. falciparum - 200	P	P	A	Concordant	P	P	A	Concordant	P	P	A	Concordant
9	P. falciparum - 200	P	P	A	Concordant	P	P	A	Concordant	P	P	A	Concordant
12	P. falciparum - 200	P	P	A	Concordant	P	P	A	Concordant	P	P	A	Concordant
20	P. falciparum - 200	P	P	A	Concordant	P	P	A	Concordant	P	P	A	Concordant
6	P. falciparum – 2,000	P	P	P	Concordant	P	P	P	Concordant	P	P	P	Concordant
11	P. falciparum – 2,000	P	P	P	Concordant	P	P	P	Concordant	P	P	P	Concordant
13	P. falciparum – 2,000	P	P	P	Concordant	P	P	P	Concordant	P	P	P	Concordant
16	P. falciparum – 2,000	P	P	P	Concordant	P	P	P	Concordant	P	P	P	Concordant
2	P. vivax - 200	P	A	Pw	Concordant	P	A	Pw	Concordant	P	A	Pw	Concordant
4	P. vivax - 200	P	A	Pw	Concordant	P	A	A	Discordant	P	A	A	Discordant
15	P. vivax - 200	P	A	Pw	Concordant	P	A	Pw	Concordant	P	A	A	Discordant
19	P. vivax - 200	P	A	Pw	Concordant	P	A	A	Discordant	P	A	A	Discordant
1	P. vivax – 2,000	P	A	P	Concordant	P	A	P	Concordant	P	A	P	Concordant
7	P. vivax – 2,000	P	A	P	Concordant	P	A	P	Concordant	P	A	P	Concordant
10	P. vivax – 2,000	P	A	P	Concordant	P	A	P	Concordant	P	A	P	Concordant
14	P. vivax – 2,000	P	A	P	Concordant	P	A	P	Concordant	P	A	P	Concordant

QA: quality assessment; C: control line; Pf: P. falciparum line (HRP-2 line detection); Pan: Plasmodium line (aldolase detection line); P: positive; A: negative; Pw: positive weak.

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