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Table 4 RDT performance characteristics (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value)

From: Asymptomatic Plasmodium infections in 18 villages of southern Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR (Laos)

  

RDT

Sensitivity % (95 % CI)

Specificity % (95 % CI)

PPV (95 % CI)

NPV (95 % CI)

uPCR

P. falciparum (n = 36)

27.8 (14.2–45.2)

99.9 (99.1–100)

90.9 (57.1–99.5)

96.5 (94.8–97.6)

P. vivax (n = 109)

2.7 (0.7–8.2)

99.3 (98.3–99.7)

37.5 (10.2–74.1)

86.7 (84.1–88.9)

  1. PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value