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Table 2 Sensitivity, specificity and efficiency of PCR to detect malaria in the study population

From: A cross-sectional study of sub-clinical Plasmodium falciparum infection in HIV-1 infected and uninfected populations in Mozambique, South-Eastern Africa

Test

Smear

Total

Sen.

Spec.

Eff.

Positive

Negative

PCR

Positive

38

35

73

0.90

0.97

0.97

 

Negative

4

1,172

1,176

   

Total

42

1,207

1,249

   
  1. Data represent the number of positive and negative individuals results for samples tested by both methods. Sen = Sensitivity, Spec = specifcity and Eff = efficiency. Data are the proportion of true positive and true negative (using the peripheral blood smear as the gold standard test).
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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