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. 2016 Sep 22;58:59. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946201658059

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