| Test type, RDT brand | Microscopy | PCR | ||||||
| Number of studies | Number of participants | Sensitivity (95% CI) (%) | Specificity (95% CI) (%) | Number of studies | Number of participants | Sensitivity (95% CI) (%) | Specificity (95% CI) (%) | |
| Type 3, CareStart Pf/Pan | 4 | 3544 | 74 (45 to 91) | 99 (96 to 100) | 1 | 179 | 91 (81 to 97) | 100 (97 to 100) |
| Type 3, Parascreen | 14 | 5407 | 79 (67 to 88) | 98 (98 to 99) | 2 | 659 | 84 (70 to 92) | 99 (97 to 100) |
| Type 3, One Step Malaria Pf/Pan | 1 | 606 | 70 (58 to 81) | 99 (98 to 100) | 1 | 606 | 72 (60 to 82) | 97 (95 to 98) |
| Type 3, SD Malaria Antigen Bioline | 4 | 3769 | 80 (73 to 85) | 99 (98 to 100) | 1 | 196 | 64 (41 to 83) | 99 (97 to 100) |
| Type 4, OptiMAL | 6 | 1843 | 90 (85 to 93) | 98 (97 to 99) | 1 | 313 | 88 (64 to 99) | 98 (96 to 99) |
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