Table 1.

Interpretation of test results for Palutop+4 for the detection of P. falciparum*

Test Line(s) visible	Species
	P. falciparum	P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae or no parasites detected
Only HRP-2 or HRP-2 + pan-pLDH	True positive	False positive or species-mismatch†
None or HRP-2 + Pv-pLDH or HRP-2 + Pv-pLDH + pan-pLDH or Only Pv-pLDH or Pv-pLDH + pan-pLDH or Only pan-pLDH	False negative or species-mismatch‡	True negative

†Non-falciparum species diagnosed as P. falciparum

‡P. falciparum diagnosed as non-falciparum species or a mixed Plasmodium spp. infection