Table 4 Microscopy and nested PCR performance values in relation to PET-PCR
From: PET-PCR reveals low parasitaemia and submicroscopic malarial infections in Honduran Moskitia
Diagnostic performance | Light Microscopy | Nested PCR |
|---|---|---|
Sensitivity [95% CI] | 59.6% [54.7–64.5%] | 80.8% [72.05–89.54%] |
Specificity [95% CI] | 100% [88.85–111.14%] | 97.14% [86.31–107.96%] |
PPV | 100% | 93.02% |
NPV | 84% | 93.15% |
Accuracy | 87.06% | 91.9% |
Kappa index | 0.6672 | 0.8075 |