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Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of microscopy and RDT versus PCR
| PCR | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | PPV (%) | NPV (%) | Kappa’s test | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |||||||
| Microscopy | ||||||||
| Positive | 113 | 22 | 83.7 | 52.5 | 44.1 | 87.8 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| Negative | 143 | 158 | ||||||
| RDT | ||||||||
| Positive | 223 | 77 | 74.3 | 74.5 | 87.1 | 57.2 | 0.18 | 0.00 |
| Negative | 33 | 103 | ||||||
PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value
