Table 3. Assay concordance rates and statistical significance.
P values (McNemar’s test) | Microscopy | Pf-RDT | Pan-RDT | RT-PCR | RT-LAMP (RNA Extracts) | RT-LAMP (Whole blood) |
Microscopy | 1 | 84% | 90% | 85% | 78% | 79% |
Pf-RDT | 0.3827 | 1 | 83% | 81% | 79% | 84% |
Pan-RDT | 0.0961 | 0.8312 | 1 | 83% | 78% | 77% |
RT-PCR | 0.0139 | 0.0014 | 0.0002 | 1 | 87% | 82% |
RT-LAMP (RNA Extracts) | 0.0002 | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.0523 | 1 | 91% |
RT-LAMP (Whole blood) | 0.0140 | 0.0001 | 0.0003 | 0.8383 | 0.0704 | 1 |