Research Article

Diagnostic Performance between Histidine-Rich Protein 2 (HRP-2), a Rapid Malaria Diagnostic Test and Microscopic-Based Staining Techniques for Diagnosis of Malaria

Table 6

Specificity of RDTs (HRP-2) and Giemsa microscopy in diagnosis of malaria.

Variables and calculationValues (%)

RDT
 True-negative19.3
 False-positive13.3
59.2

Microscopy
 True-negative32.6
 False-positive0.0
100