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Table 6 ELISA and IFAT results for all subjects

From: A new ELISA kit which uses a combination of Plasmodium falciparum extract and recombinant Plasmodium vivax antigens as an alternative to IFAT for detection of malaria antibodies

  

ELISA malaria antibody test

  

Positive

Equivocal

Negative

Total

IFAT

Positive

68

3

4

75

 

Equivocal

5

0

15

20

 

Negative

34

15

3026

3075

 

Total

107

18

3045

3170

  1. ELISA analytical sensitivity and specificity in comparison to IFAT are respectively 90.6% (68/75) (CI: 83.8 – 97.6%) and 98.7% (3056/3095) (CI: 98.3 – 99.1%), equivocal results considered as negative.