Table 1.
The sensitivities of rapid diagnostic tests compared against the levels of pLDH in detecting Plasmodium vivax infection
| |
Sensitivity |
Mean |
Mean |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pLDH (ng/mL) | pLDH Ag ELISA(%) | SD Bioline (%) | OptiMAL (%) | Humasis (%) | Parasitemia (/μL) | pLDH (ng/mL) |
| >5,000 (n = 40) |
40/40 (100.0) |
40/40 (100.0) |
40/40 (100.0) |
40/40 (100.0) |
6,265.1 ± 3,586.7 |
12,532.5 ± 6,286.6 |
| 500-5,000 (n = 59) |
59/59 (100.0) |
59/59 (100.0) |
59/59 (100.0) |
59/59 (100.0) |
5,118.9 ± 3,463.8 |
1,702.0 ± 1,001.5 |
| 50-500 (n = 16) |
16/16 (100.0) |
14/16 (87.5) |
14/16 (87.5) |
14/16 (87.5) |
1,613.4 ± 1,373.6 |
176.5 ± 105.7 |
| <50 (n = 37) |
30/37 (81.1) |
19/37 (55.5) |
18/37 (52.7) |
19/37 (55.5) |
722.1 ± 1344.6 |
13.5 ± 9.1 |
| Total (n = 152) |
145/152 (95.4) |
132/152(86.8) |
131/152 (85.5) |
132/152 (86.8) |
3,954.1 ± 3,712.5 |
3,971.5 ± 6,120.9 |
| Healthy control | 100 | 0/100 | 0/100 | 0/100 | 0 | 0 |