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Comparison of prevalence, sensitivity and specificity of blood slide microscopy and Rapid Diagnostic Test (ParaScreen) by species detected (N = 11,504) |
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| Species |
Prevalence |
Sensitivity |
Specificity |
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| Positive by BS % |
Positive by RDT % |
% |
95%CI |
% |
95%CI |
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| Pf or mixed (by BS) Vs. Pf/Pan (by RDT) |
2.5 |
2.1 |
51.4 |
(45.4–57.5) |
99.0 |
(98.8–99.2) |
| Non-Pf (by BS) Vs. Pan only (by RDT) |
1.6 |
1.1 |
30.7 |
(24.1–38.0) |
99.4 |
(99.2–99.5) |
| All species |
4.1 |
3.3 |
47.5 |
(42.8–52.2) |
98.5 |
(98.3–98.7) |
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BS, blood slide; Pf, Plasmodium falciparum; RDT, rapid diagnostic test | ||||||
Endeshaw et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:118 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-118 |
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