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Table 2 Summary of discordant results at Rota Dispensary and Siaya County Referral Hospital

From: Evaluation of the colorimetric malachite green loop-mediated isothermal amplification (MG-LAMP) assay for the detection of malaria species at two different health facilities in a malaria endemic area of western Kenya

Method

RDT positive, n = 72

RDT negative, n = 125

Positive (%)

Negative (%)

Positive (%)

Negative (%)

Rota dispensary

 MG-LAMP

58 (80.6)

14 (19.4)

29 (23.2)

96 (76.8)

 RT-PCR

64 (88.9)

8 (11.1)

18 (14.4)

107 (85.6)

 Expert Microscopy

57 (79.2)

15 (20.8)

2 (1.6)

123 (98.4)

 

aR-Microscopy Positive, n = 28

R-Microscopy Negative, n = 39

Positive (%)

Negative (%)

Positive (%)

Negative (%)

Siaya Hospital

    

 MG-LAMP

25 (89.3)

3 (10.7)

13 (33.3)

26 (66.7)

 RT-PCR

25 (89.3)

3 (10.7)

5 (12.8)

34 (87.2)

 Expert Microscopy

28 (100)

0 (0)

1 (2.6)

38 (97.4)

  1. aRoutine microscopy