Noninvasive Approach of Plasmodium falciparum Molecular Detection for Malaria Surveillance in Malaria Endemic Areas in Cameroon

Table 4

Diagnostic performance of saliva versus blood.

Test characteristic	Saliva-LAMP	Saliva-PCR
Sensitivities (%)	43.90	49.20
Specificities (%)	68.75	71.42
PPV (%)	87.80	75.60
NPV (%)	19.29	43.85
Observed agreements (%)	47.96	57.14
Expected agreements (%)	44.50	47.67
Kappa values	0.062	0.181