Table 2.
Performance of microscopy and FP-PCR method in 204 PCD cases
|
Method/Specimen |
Category |
Sensitivity (%)* |
Accuracy (%) (n = 204) |
Kappa (n = 204) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 204 samples | 176 samples exclude mix infected cases | ||||
| Microscopy |
P. falciparum |
74.0 (65.7-82.2) |
86.8 (80.4-93.2) |
85.3 |
0.70 |
| |
P. vivax |
82.9 (75.2-90.5) |
91.6 (85.9-97.2) |
81.4 |
0.63 |
| FP-PCR |
P. falciparum |
88.5 (82.5-94.6) |
100.0 (100.0-100.0) |
94.6 |
0.89 |
| P. vivax | 90.1 (84.0-96.2) | 98.8 (96.6-100) | 94.6 | 0.89 | |
*Data are presented as percentage (95% confidence interval; CI). The results from nested PCR with DNA prepared by the Qiagen kit were used as the gold standard.