Research Article
Noninvasive Approach of Plasmodium falciparum Molecular Detection for Malaria Surveillance in Malaria Endemic Areas in Cameroon
Table 2
Diagnostic performance of the different methods with blood.
| | Test characteristics | Blood-LAMP | Blood-RT-LAMP | RDTs |
| | Sensitivities (%) | 43.90 | 48.21 | 62.16 | | Specificities (%) | 57.62 | 66.67 | 70.50 | | PPV (%) | 41.86 | 65.85 | 56.10 | | NPV (%) | 57.62 | 49.12 | 75.44 | | Observed agreements (%) | 52.00 | 56.12 | 67.35 | | Expected agreements (%) | 51.26 | 48.83 | 52.00 | | Kappa values | 0.015 | 0.142 | 0.340 |
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PPV: positive predictive values; NPV: negative predictive values.
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