Table 2 |
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Accuracy of malaria P.f. ™ ICT rapid diagnostic test for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum infection in 357 patients attending out-patient clinic in Soroti Hospital, Uganda |
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| Accuracy measure |
Overall (n = 357) |
< 5 years (n = 163) |
≥ 5 years (n = 194) |
| % (95% CI) |
% (95% CI) |
% (95% CI) |
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| Sensitivity |
98 (94–99) |
98 (93–100) |
97(86–100) |
| Specificity |
72 (65–77) |
54 (41–67) |
78 (71–85) |
| Positive predictive value |
69 (62–75) |
78 (58–70) |
51 (39–64) |
| Negative predictive value |
98 (95–100) |
94 (81–99) |
99 (96–100) |
| ICT true positives, n(% pos) |
136(69%) |
36(51%) |
100(78) |
| ICT true negatives, n(% neg) |
156(98%) |
123(99%) |
33(94%) |
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Kyabayinze et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:221 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-221 |
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