Table 3.
specificity and sensitivity of Clearview® Malaria pLDH for the detection of all Plasmodium species.
| Microscopic examination (confirmed by PCR) | Clearview Malaria pLDH | Specificity (95 CI%) |
Sensitivity (95 CI%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| positive | negative | |||
| Negative | 102 | 100% (96.4-100) | ||
| Positive P. falciparum | 137 | 2 | 98.6% (94.9-99.6) | |
| Positive P. vivax | 20 | 2 | 90.9% (72.2-97.5) | |
| Positive P. ovale | 12 | 8 | 60.0% (38.7-78.1) | |
| Positive P. malariae | 6 | 1 | 85.7% (48.7-97.4) | |
| P. falciparum and P. malariae | 1 | ND* | ||
| P. falciparum and P. ovale | 1 | ND* | ||
* ND: not determined