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Table 5 Performance of the different diagnostic tests

From: Asymptomatic malaria infection, associated factors and accuracy of diagnostic tests in a historically high transmission setting in Northern Uganda

Performance of the different tests used in the study compared to blood smear microscopy

 

Pf-HRP2

95% CI

Pf-HRP2/(pLDH)

95% CI

p- value

Sensitivity (%)

85

80.88–89.12

90

86.54–93.46

0.0001

Specificity (%)

89

85.80–92.92

95.21

92.75–97.68

0.0034

PPV

80

76.42–85.49

90.91

87.59–94.23

0.0023

NPV

91

88.64–94.97

94.71

92.12–97.29

0.0001