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Table 4 Performance of Gazelle™ compared to microscopy and RDT with PCR as gold standard

From: Performance of a sensitive haemozoin‐based malaria diagnostic test validated for vivax malaria diagnosis in Brazilian Amazon

n = 276

Gazelle™

Microscopy

RDT

Sensitivity

72.1 %

124/172

75.0 %

129/172

62.8 %

108/172

Specificity

99.0 %

103/104

99.0 %

103/104

99.0 %

103/104

Positive predictive value

99.2 %

99.2 %

99.1 %

Negative predictive value

68.2 %

70.6 %

61.7 %

Likelihood ratio

of a positive test

75.0

78.0

65.3

Likelihood ratio

of a negative test

0.28

0.25

0.38

Accuracy

(ROC analysis)

82.3 %

84.1 %

76.5 %