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Table 2 Sensitivity and specificity of One Step Malaria Pf/Pv Tri-line Test in reference to blood smears and qPCR

From: Field evaluation of the novel One Step Malaria Pf and Pf/Pv rapid diagnostic tests and the proportion of HRP-2 gene deletion identified on samples collected in the Pwani region, Tanzania

Parameter

Finger prick (%)

95% CI

Venous (%)

95% CI

Sensitivity

95.7

(93.2–97.6)

96.0

(93.5–97.7)

Specificity

97.9

(96.3–99.0)

98.3

(96.8–99.2)

PPV

97.0

(94.8–98.3)

97.6

(95.4–98.7)

NPV

97.0

(95.3–98.1)

96.2

(95.5–98.3)

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