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Table 2 Calibration. Comparisons between the HPF calling performed by the model and the expert decision. \(^{*}\) HPF was detected only by the model but not confirm by the expert. \(^{**}\) HPF was not detected by the model but detected by the expert only. \(^{***}\) no FP nor FN on the whole sample

From: A timed tally counter for microscopic examination of thick blood smears in malaria studies

Calibration

False positive rate\(^{*}\)

False negative rate\(^{**}\)

Full agreement\(^{***}\)

\(p=0.01\) \(\mu =10\)

20.18% (45/223)

1.35% (3/223)

9/20

\(p=0.05\) \(\mu =10\)

7.39% (13/176)

1.70% (3/176)

11/20

\(p=0.01\) \(\mu =15\)

11.67% (21/180)

2.78% (5/180)

9/20

\(p=0.05\) \(\mu =15\)

9.21 % (14/152)

6.58 % (10/152)

11/20