Evaluation of the Deki Reader™, an automated RDT reader and data management device, in a household survey setting in low malaria endemic southwestern Uganda

Table 3 Performance of visual interpretation and Deki Reader™ of the SD Bioline Malaria Ag Pf/Pan RDT against microscopy

	Microscopy		Sensitivity (95% CI)	p-value^*	Specificity (95% CI)	p-value^*
	Positive	Negative	Sensitivity (95% CI)	p-value^*	Specificity (95% CI)	p-value^*
Visual interpretation
Positive	15	23	88.2 (63.7, 98.5)		95.8 (93.8, 97.3)
Negative	2	526	88.2 (63.7, 98.5)	0.4		0.06
Deki Reader™
Positive	16	24	94.1 (73.0, 99.0)		95.5 (93.4, 96.9)
Negative	1	525	94.1 (73.0, 99.0)		95.5 (93.4, 96.9)

^*Reported p-value using McNemar’s test to assess difference in sensitivity between visual inspection and the Deki Reader™

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