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Table 2 Comparison between PfHRP-2/pLDH RDT and LM for detecting Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Mawza District, Taiz Governorate, Yemen

From: Field evaluation of a PfHRP-2/pLDH rapid diagnostic test and light microscopy for diagnosis and screening of falciparum malaria during the peak seasonal transmission in an endemic area in Yemen

  

LM

RDT

Positive

Negative

Total

% Agreement (Kc)

p value

Overall

Positive

52

108

160

77.9 (0.390)

<0.001

Negative

0

328

328

  

Total

52

436

488

  

Febrile

Positive

45

3

48

94.0 (0.638)

<0.001

Negative

0

3

3

  

Total

45

6

51

  

Afebrile

Positive

7

105

112

76.0 (0.090)

<0.001

Negative

0

325

325

  

Total

7

430

437

  
  1. PfHRP-2 P. falciparum histidine-rich protein-2, pLDH Plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase, RDT rapid diagnostic test, LM light microscopy0, Kc Cohen’s kappa coefficient;  % agreement was calculated by summation of the number of positives and negatives by both RDT and LM divided by the total number of cases