Table 2.
Characterization of malaria plasmodium parasite species and antigens
| Microscopy +ve | Deki Reader analysis | Visual interpretation | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TP | FN | TP | FN | ||||||||
| Species | No. (%) | Pan | Pf | Pf and pan | All | Pan | Pf | Pf and pan | All | ||
| Pf | 624 (48.3) | 5 | 285 | 298 | 588 (93.9) | 36 (5.8) | 3 | 287 | 294 | 584 (93.6) | 40 (6.4) |
| Po | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Pm | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Pf+Pm | 2 (0.2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) |
| Pf+Po | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| All | 626 (48.4) | 5 | 286 | 298 | 589 (94.1) | 37 (5.9) | 3 | 288 | 294 | 585 (93.5) | 41 (6.5) |
PT, true positive; FN, false negative; Pf, P. falciparum; Pm, P. malariae; Po, P. ovale