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Table 2 Sensitivities of the five RDTs for the detection of P. malariae monoinfection

From: Poor performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of Plasmodium malariae among returned international travellers in China

Brand

No. of samples

No. of positive samples

No. of negative samples

Sensitivity (%) (95% CI)

Wondfo

45

28

17

62.2 (47.5 ~ 77.0)

SD BIOLINE

45

6

39

13.3 (3.0 ~ 23.7)

CareStar

44

32

12

72.7 (59.0 ~ 86.4)

BinaxNOW

44

29

15

65.9 (51.3 ~ 80.5)

BioPerfectus

43

26

17

60.5 (45.2 ~ 75.7)

  1. CI, 95% confidence interval