TABLE 5.

Comparison of sensitivities, specificities, efficiencies, PPVs, and NPVs of blood smears and OptiMAL and ICT tests for detection of P. falciparum infection in group 1 samples with the PCR test as the gold standard^a

Test	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	PPV (%)	NPV (%)	Efficiency (%)
Blood smear	50	100	100	87	89
OptiMAL	29.1	95.6	66.6	82	81
ICT	37.5	100	100	89	86

^aSee Table 2.