Table 2.

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

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

†Non-vivax species diagnosed as P. vivax

‡P. vivax diagnosed as non-vivax species or a mixed Plasmodium spp. Infection