Table 2. Diagnostic performance of the SD BIOLINE Malaria Ag Pf/pan (05FK60) compared with the microscopic examination (excluding mixed infections), Southern Ethiopia, 2014-2015.
Plasmodium species | % Sensitivity (95 % CI) | % Specificity (95 % CI) | % PPV (95 % CI) | NPV (95 % CI) |
P. falciparum | 99.5 (97.1-100.0) | 98.0 (93.1-99.8) | 98.4 (94.6-100.0) | 99.0 (94.6-100.0) |
non-P. falciparum species | 92.6 (84.6-97.3) | 100.0 (96.4-100.0) | 100.0 (95.2-100.0) | 94.4 (88.3-97.9) |
PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value