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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015 Nov 10;85(2):149–153. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.11.009

Table 2.

Sensitivity and Specificity of LAMP and BinaxNOW in comparison with microscopy and nested PCR.

Test Nested PCR
Sensitivity (%)(95% CI) Specificity (%)(95% CI)
LAMP Overall 100(93.6–100) 98.6(91.1–99.9)
P. falciparum 97.6(85.9–99.9) 100(95.3–100)
non-falciparum 100(86.3–100) 99.1(94.3–100)
BinaxNOW Overall 85.9(75.2–92.7) 98.6(91.1–99.9)
P. falciparum 90.5(76.5–96.9) 100(95.3–100)
non-falciparum 71.0(51.8–85.1) 99.1(94.3–100)