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. 2017 Dec 19;2017:9064917. doi: 10.1155/2017/9064917

Table 3.

Performance of laboratory personnel to correctly identify and quantify malaria slides, Tigray, North Ethiopia, 2016.

Participant reader Expert reader Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Agreement Kappa
Pos Neg
Species identification
P. falciparum (n = 92) Pos 52 2 56.5% 95.7% 98.7% 26.8% 76% 0.61
Neg 40 44
Total 92 46

P. vivax (n = 92) Pos 58 2 63.0% 95.7% 98.9% 30. 1% 79% 0.62
Neg 34 44
Total 92 46

Mixed infection (n = 46) Pos 10 2 21.7% 95.7% 96.8% 16.9% 59% 0.52
Neg 36 44
Total 46 46

Parasitemia grading
Pf ++++ (high density) (n = 46) Pos 4 2 _ _ _ _ 52% 0.49
Neg 42 44
Total 46 46

Pf + (low density) (n = 46) Pos 2 2 _ _ _ _ 50% 0.48
Neg 44 44
Total 46 46