Characteristic test | Microscopy as gold standard | PCR as gold standard | ||||
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N† | Value | 95% CI | N† | Value | 95% CI | |
Sensitivity | ||||||
pLDH | 471 | 99.4 | 98.1–99.9 | 542 | 97.0 | 95.3–98.3 |
HRP2 | 471 | 99.2 | 97.8–99.8 | 542 | 96.5 | 94.6–97.9 |
Specificity | ||||||
pLDH | 329 | 55.0 | 49.5–60.5 | 258 | 65.1 | 59.0–70.9 |
HRP2 | 329 | 61.7 | 56.2–67.0 | 258 | 72.9 | 67.0–78.2 |
PPV | ||||||
pLDH | 616 | 76.0 | 72.4–79.3 | 616 | 85.4 | 82.3–88.1 |
HRP2 | 593 | 78.8 | 75.2–82.0 | 593 | 88.2 | 85.3–90.7 |
NPV | ||||||
pLDH | 184 | 98.4 | 95.3–99.7 | 184 | 91.3 | 86.3–94.9 |
HRP2 | 207 | 98.1 | 95.1–99.5 | 207 | 90.8 | 86.0–94.4 |