Table 5. False-positive results obtained with the four RDTs according to the detected antigen and the PCR results.
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Name of the test
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PfHRP2-test1 | PfHRP2-test2 | PfHRP2-test3 |
PfLDH test
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pan-aldolase test | pLDH-test2 | pLDH-test3 |
pLDH-test1
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| (Now ICT Malaria) | (Core Malaria) | (Palutop +4) |
(Optimal-IT)
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| False positive RDT results | 26 | 34 | 29 | 6 | |||
| Detected antigen | PfHRP2 or PfLDH | 26 | 23 | 24 | 4 | ||
| pLDH | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| PvLDH | 4 | 1 | |||||
| PvLDH + PfHRP2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Missing data | 1 | ||||||
| Gametocytes of P. falciparum | Present | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Absent | 24 | 30 | 26 | 5 | |||
| Missing data | 1 | 2 | |||||
| PCR result | P.falciparum positive | 12 | 12 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Négative for all species | 13 | 21 | 15 | 2 | |||
| Missing data | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||