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Table 2 Parasite species identification by EasyScan Go

From: Field evaluation of the diagnostic performance of EasyScan GO: a digital malaria microscopy device based on machine-learning

 

All sites

First tier sites*

Second tier sites*

Parasite Species

Slides, n

Kappa value, (95% CI)

Slides, n

Kappa value, (95% CI)

Slides, n

Kappa value, (95% CI)

P. falciparum

537

0.76 (0.69–0.83)

358

0.77 (0.68–0.85)

179

0.74 (0.63–0.85)

P. vivax

307

0.73 (0.66–0.80)

163

0.68 (0.60–0.77)

144

0.79 (0.68–0.90)

  1. *Based on EQC reports of smear and stain quality, sites were assessed according to relative percentages of good vs lower quality slides (“first tier sites” vs.“second tier sites”)