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Table 2 Performance of mid-infrared spectroscopy coupled with logistic regression, and the RDT (i.e. SD BIOLINE malaria Ag P.f/Pan 05FK60), both compared to PCR for identifying Plasmodium falciparum-infected individuals from the validation set

From: Detection of malaria parasites in dried human blood spots using mid-infrared spectroscopy and logistic regression analysis

  

PCR

Total

% sensitivity

% specificity

% positive predictive value

% negative predictive value

Positive

Negative

Mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning (MIR-ML)

 Positive

26

2

28

92.8

91.7

92.8

91.7

 Negative

2

22

24

 

28

24

52

    
  

Positive

Negative

 

% sensitivity

% specificity

% positive predictive value

% negative predictive value

SD BIOLINE malaria Ag P.f/Pan 05FK60 RDT

 Positive

120

27

147

97.6

84.4

86.0

97.2

 Negative

3

146

149

 

123

173

296

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