TABLE 4.

Performance characteristics of BinaxNOW Malaria kit for Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax^a

Characteristic	Plasmodium falciparum		Plasmodium vivax
	% Sensitivity	95% confidence interval	% Sensitivity	95% confidence interval
Detection of parasitemia level (per μl)
>5,000	99.7	98-100	93.5	91-96
1,000-5,000	99.2	96-100	81.0	76-85
500-1,000	92.6	76-99	47.4	36-59
100-500	89.2	75-97	23.6	17-31
0-100	53.9	37-70	6.2	3-12
Overall	95.3	93-97	68.9	66-72
Specificity	94.2	93-95	99.8	99-100
Detection in venous vs finger stick samples	100 vs 98.8	96-100 vs 94-100	81.6 vs 80.6	74-87 vs 73-87
Specificity	94.7 vs 90.4	93-96 vs 88-92	99.7 vs 99.5	99-100 vs 99-100

^aData were obtained from the package insert and from selected references (28, 60).