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Table 3 The sensitivities of rapid diagnostic tests were compared to the levels of pLDH in detecting Plasmodium vivax infection

From: pLDH level of clinically isolated Plasmodium vivax and detection limit of pLDH based malaria rapid diagnostic test

  

Mean

Mean

RDT

N

Parasitaemia(/μL)

pLDH (ng/mL)

All RDT Positive

130

4,586.1 ± 6,666.8

4,651.2 ± 6,374.1

2 RDT positive

3

777.7 ± 1076.5

5.0 ± 7.1

All RDT Negative

19

348.8 ± 602.4

19.7 ± 28.4

Total

152

3,954.1 ± 3,712.5

3,971.5 ± 6,120.9