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Diagnostic values of OptiMal-IT compared to thick smear as reference technique.
| Thick smear | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | *PPV (%) | +NPV (%) | Frequency of positive (%) | |
| OptiMal-IT positive | 379 | 13 | 97.2 | 95.4 | 96.7 | 96.1 | 58.2 |
| OptiMal-IT negative | 11 | 271 | |||||
| Frequency of positive (%) | 56.5 | ||||||
*PPP; Positive predictive value; NPV; +Negative predictive value
