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

Table 5 Comparison between drug seller interpretation and the laboratory scientist repeat reading of the RDT strips, including cases that could not be classified by laboratory scientist

Drug seller interpretation of the RDT strip	Laboratory scientist re-reading malaria RDT strip				Methods agreement %, (95% CI)	κ, (95% CI)
Drug seller interpretation of the RDT strip	Positive	Negative	Not conclusive	Total	Methods agreement %, (95% CI)	κ, (95% CI)
Positive	50	8	4	62	86.9, (81.4, 91.3)	0.72, (0.61, 0.83)
Negative	5	123	9	137
Total	55	131	13	199

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