Performance Evaluation of Malaria Pf/Pv Combo Test Kit at Highly Malaria-Endemic Area, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 6

Sensitivity and specificity of Care Start™ Malaria Pf/Pv Combo test for the diagnosis of malaria species infections at different levels of percent parasitemia, Arba Minch, 2016.

Parasite type	Sensitivity		Specificity
Range of percent parasitemia	P. falciparum	P. vivax	P. falciparum	P. vivax
<0.049%	ND	ND	ND	ND
0.05%–0.50%	80.77%	90.91%	92.31%	88.89%
0.51%–1.00%	46.67%	75.00%	81.82%	94.74%
1.01%–1.50%	0%	100%	100%	100%
1.51%–2.00%	100%	ND	ND	ND
>2.01%	100%	100%	100%	100%