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Table 6 Results for sample 3: P. vivax sample. Eligible answers of 124 participants were included.

From: External quality assessment on the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in a non-endemic setting

 

RDT brand

Reported result Reported result

Binax

Palutop

Optimal

CareStart

SD Bioline

Ultimed/Cypress

Total (%)

Negative†

51

     

51 (41.1)

Positive†

  

1

1

2

1

5 (4.0)

Pan-species†

 

1

2

2

3

 

8 (6.5)

P. vivax

 

23‡

 

5†

  

28 (22.6)

P. vivax; P. ovale and P. malariae not excluded

 

2

    

2 (1.6)

Pan-species, not P. falciparum

  

20

4

6

 

30 (24.2)

  1. *major, † minor and ‡ very minor errors, see definitions in Table 3.