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Table 4 Diagnostic properties of the UsmRDT and the mRDT kits in pregnant women (18 and 40 years old) and similarly aged non-pregnant women

From: Diagnostic performance of an ultrasensitive HRP2-based malaria rapid diagnostic test kit used in surveys of afebrile people living in Southern Ghana

 

Pregnant women

Non-pregnant women

 

UsmRDT

mRDT

UsmRDT

mRDT

Sensitivity

53.8 (7/13)

53.8 (7/13)

52.4 (11/24)

42.9 (9/21)

Specificity

100 (83/83)

100 (83/83)

94.5 (52/55)

96.4 (53/55)

  1. mRDT: SD Bioline Malaria Ag P.f RDT kit; UsmRDT: ultra-sensitive Alereâ„¢ Malaria Ag P.f RDT. The data represents values obtained after setting results obtained from PCR as the reference diagnostic tool