Table 3

Sensitivity of the PCR-based assays for the detection of P. falciparum

stevor PCR

SSUrRNA PCR

msa-2 PCR

Sensitivity

100%

83%

71%

Specificity

100%

100%

100%

Correctly classified

100%

87.2%

77.6%

Agreement (Kappa)^{a, b}

1.00 (1.000–1.000)

0.718 (0.648–0.788)

0.552 (0.478–0.627)

^aComposite reference compared with study assay; Kappa = 1 would indicate complete agreement.

^b95% confidence intervals in parentheses.

Oyedeji et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:112   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-112