Table 5. Summary of sensitivity and specificity of malaria LAMP assays reported in the literature.

Reference test	Poon et al. [16]	Paris et al. [15]	Han et al. [14]	Chen et al. [13]	Yamamura et al. [17]	RealAmp#
Microscopy (parasitemia)*	Not reported	Not reported	210–24,164p/µL	Not reported	0.06–6.12% parasitemia	61–248960 p/µL
Sensitivity (%)		73.1	94.3	98.3	97.8	96.7
Specificity (%)		100	98.5	100	85.7	91.7
Nested PCR
Sensitivity (%)	95**	76.1/79.1**				98.8
Specificity (%)	99**	89.6/58.3**				100
HRP-II RDT
Sensitivity (%)		77.6
Specificity (%)		100

³*As reported by the authors.

**In these studies DNA amplification was performed using heat treated whole blood.

^#Results from the current study.