Table 3 Prior information on sensitivity and specificity of different diagnostic methods for malaria in three sub-Saharan countries
Diagnostic test | Sensitivity | Specificity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fitted distribution | Mean (P025–P975) | Fitted distribution | Mean (P025–P975) | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||
RDT | Beta (501, 44) | 0.92 (0.90–0.94) | Beta (466, 67) | 0.88 (0.85–0.90) |
Microscopy | Beta (33, 1.7) | 0.95 (0.86–1.00) | Beta (27, 3.3) | 0.89 (0.76–0.97) |
Uganda | ||||
RDT | Beta (25, 4.5) | 0.85 (0.70–0.95) | Beta (8.3, 2.5) | 0.77 (0.49–0.96) |
Microscopy | Beta (7.8, 5.7) | 0.58 (0.32–0.82) | Beta (32, 1.7) | 0.95 (0.86–1.00) |
Kenya | ||||
RDT | Beta (25, 6.2) | 0.80 (0.65–0.92) | Beta (17, 7.8) | 0.68 (0.49–0.85) |
Microscopy | Beta (27, 7.5) | 0.78 (0.64–0.90) | Beta (16, 3.5) | 0.82 (0.62–0.95) |