Table 3. Sensitivity of the SD BIOLINE Malaria Ag Pf/pan (05FK60) test at various parasite densities (excluding mixed infections), Southern Ethiopia, 2014-2015.
Parasite density | SD 05FK60 test result | |||||||
P. falciparum | P. vivax | |||||||
Positive | Negative | % Sensitivity | Positive | Negative | % Sensitivity | |||
1-100 | 26 | 1 | 96.3 | 33 | 4 | 89.2 | ||
101 -500 | 29 | 0 | 100.0 | 20 | 1 | 95.2 | ||
501 - 1,000 | 30 | 0 | 100.0 | 21 | 1 | 95.4 | ||
> 1,000 | 101 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | ||
Total | 186 | 1 | 99.5 | 75 | 6 | 92.6 |