Table 3.

A comparison of the sensitivity and specificity of various studies

Authors	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)
Cooke et al [11]	91.3	92
Gupta et al [9]	87.5	100
Palmer et al [12]	94 (P vivax)	100
	88 (P falciparum)	99.9
This study	100 (P vivax)	100
	96 (P falciparum)	100