First author, year and country | Number of participants and diagnoses | Standard reference test | Blinding | Malaria factor | Sensitivity % | Specificity % |
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Fourcade, 2004, France and Spain [49] | Total: 89, P. falciparum: 28, P. vivax: 4 | Microscopy, HRP2+ pan-malarial antigen (Binax Now) | - | 5.1 | 82.5 | 96.9 |
Briggs, 2006, South Africa and England [48] | Total: 1354, healthy: 1079, febrile: 135, HIV infected: 51, P. falciparum: 120, P. vivax: 11, P. ovale: 7, P. malariae: 1, mixed P. falciparum and P. vivax: 1 | Microscopy, QBC, HRP2+ pan-malarial antigen (Binax Now), Pf HRP2 (MAKROmed), P-LDH (optiMAL) | - | 3.7 | 98 | 94 |
Kang, 2008, South Korea [66]* | Total: 395, P. vivax: 68 | Microscopy | ** | 4.57 | 81.8 | 72.3 |