Research Article
Performance Evaluation of Malaria Pf/Pv Combo Test Kit at Highly Malaria-Endemic Area, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Performance characteristics of Care Start™ by species identified in comparison with the standard light microscopy, Arba Minch, 2016.
| | Parasite type | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | PPV (95% CI) | NPV (95% CI) |
| | P. falciparum | 63.27% (48.29–76.58) | 94.50% (88.40–97.95) | 83.78% (67.99–93.81) | 85.12% (77.51–90.94) | | P. vivax | 86.96% (66.41–97.22) | 95.62% (90.71–98.38) | 76.92% (56.35–91.03) | 97.76% (93.60–99.54) | | Mixed infection | 83.33% [35.88–99.58%] | 91.56% (86.00–95.43) | 27.78% (9.69–53.48) | 99.30% (96.14–99.98) | | Overall performance | 97.44% (91.04–99.69) | 93.67% (85.84–97.91) | 93.83% (86.18–97.97) | 97.37% (90.82–99.68) |
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