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Table 3 RDT validity to diagnose Plasmodium falciparum malaria

From: Concurrence of CareStart™ Malaria HRP2 RDT with microscopy in population screening for Plasmodium falciparum infection in the Mount Cameroon area: predictors for RDT positivity

Characteristic

Performance 95% CI

Sensitivity

82.4% (74.9–88.4)

Specificity

76.6% (71.9–80.9)

PPV

57.4% (52.4–62.3)

NPV

91.9% (88.7–94.2)

Accuracy

78.2% (74.3–81.8)

  1. Kappa (κ) = 0.52
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Tropical Medicine and Health

ISSN: 1349-4147

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