Table 2 Autoscope diagnostic performance vs. PCR
| Â | n slides (pos, neg) | Diagnostic performance % (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV | NPV | Accuracy | ||
San Juan | ||||||
 All species | 300 (123, 177) | 72 (64–80) | 85 (79–90) | 77 (68–84) | 82 (75–87) | 80 (75–84) |
 P. vivax | 300 (102, 198) | 72 (62–80) | 83 (77–88) | 69 (59–77) | 85 (79–90) | 79 (74–83) |
 P. falciparum | 300 (21, 279) | 33 (15–57) | 99 (97–100) | 78 (40–97) | 95 (92–97) | 95 (91–97) |
Santa Clara | ||||||
 All speciesa | 400 (151, 249) | 52 (44–60) | 70 (64–76) | 52 (43–59) | 71 (65–76) | 64 (58–68) |
 P. vivax | 400 (100, 300) | 60 (50–70) | 71 (66–76) | 41 (33–49) | 84 (79–89) | 69 (64–73) |
 P. falciparum | 400 (52, 348) | 4 (0–13) | 99 (98–100) | 50 (7–93) | 87 (84–90) | 87 (83–90) |