Table 10.
Summary table of test performance
| CareStart™ Malaria 2 line pLDH (Pan) | CareStart™ Malaria three line pLDH (Pan, PF) | OptiMAL-IT® | |
| PF detection1 sensitivity % [CI95] | 95.6 [87.7-98.5] |
94.7 [88.9-97.5] |
94.7 [88.9697.5] |
| PV detection1 sensitivity % [CI95] | 91 [86.5-94.1] |
80.6 [74.9-85.3] |
91.8 [87.4-94.8] |
| Heat stable at 90 days at 35°C | Yes | Yes | No |
| Ease of Use Ranking | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Time to negative, days | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Inter-reader agreement | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| Cost (USD) | 0.6 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Invalid tests % | 1 | 1.6 | 0.8 |
1Compared to microscopy with presence of gametocytes regarded as a NEGATIVE result for that species