Table 3.

Diagnostic performance of the CareStart Malaria Pf/Pv Combo Test relative to thick blood smear microscopy in the detection of Plasmodium species at Felegeselam Health Center, northwest Ethiopia, in 2011

Species	Sensitivity (95% CI)	Specificity (95% CI)	PPV (95% CI)	NPV (95% CI)
All species	99.8 (97.7–100)	97.7 (94.6–99.1)	97.8 (94.8–99.1)	99.7 (97.6–100)
Pf	99.7 (97.6–100)	97.8 (94.7–99.1)	97.8 (94.6–99.1)	99.8 (97.7–100)
Pv	99.9 (98.8–100)	99.9 (98.8–100)	92.9 (56.1–99.2)	99.9 (98.8–100)