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Table 2 Accuracy of CareStart™ three-line P.f/PAN-pLDH and Paracheck-Pf® malaria rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum in patients attending Gerihun community health centre in Bo district, Sierra Leone, Africa, 2008

From: Assessment of two malaria rapid diagnostic tests in children under five years of age, with follow-up of false-positive pLDH test results, in a hyperendemic falciparum malaria area, Sierra Leone

  

CareStartâ„¢ 3 line P.f/PAN-pLDH

Paracheck-Pf®

Sensitivity

% (95% CI#)

99.4 (96.8 - 100.0)

98.8 (95.8 - 99.8)

 

n/N

168/169

167/169

SpecificityΨ

% (95% CI#)

96.0 (91.9 - 98.4)

74.7 (67.6 - 81.0)

 

n/N

167/174

130/174

PPV†

% (95% CI#)

96.0 (91.9 - 98.4)

79.2 (73.0 - 84.4)

 

n/N

168/175

167/211

NPV‡

% (95% CI#)

99.4 (96.7 - 100.0)

98.5 (94.6 - 99.8)

 

n/N

167/168

130/132

Kappa coefficient

% (95% CI#)

0.95 (0.92 - 0.98)

0.99 (0.98 - 1.0)

  1. # Confidence interval
  2. Ψ p < 0.001
  3. † Positive predictive value
  4. ‡ Negative predictive value
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Malaria Journal

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