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Table 3 Comparison between drug seller interpretation and the laboratory scientist repeat reading of the RDT strips

From: Can malaria rapid diagnostic tests by drug sellers under field conditions classify children 5 years old or less with or without Plasmodium falciparum malaria? Comparison with nested PCR analysis

Drug seller interpretation of the RDT strip

Laboratory scientist re-reading RDT strip

Methods agreement %, (95% CI)

κ, (95% CI)

Positive

Negative

Total

Positive

50

8

58

93.0, (88.3, 96.2)

0.84, (0.75, 0.92)

Negative

5

123

128

Total

55

131

186