| Microscopy | PCR | |||||||
| Type and RDT brand | Number of studies | Number of patients | Pooled sensitivity (95% CI) | Pooled specificity (95% CI) | Number of studies | Number of patients | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) |
| Type 1, ParaSight‐F | 17 | 12,521 | 94.7 (92.0, 96.5) |
94.6 (91.6, 96.6) |
1 | 520 | 92 (86, 95) |
99 (98, 100) |
| Type 1, ParaHIT‐F | 4 | 1119 | 97.0 (92.2, 98.9) |
97.2 (92.2, 99.1) |
1 | 336 | 72 (51, 88) |
100 (99, 100) |
| Type 4, OptiMAL‐IT | 3 | 1356 | 87.4 (80.0, 92.4) |
96.9 (88.4, 99.3) |
1 | 313 | 73 (62, 81) |
99 (97, 100) |
| Type 3, SD Malaria Antigen Bioline | 2 | 224 | Dev 2004: 100 (80, 100) Ratsimbasoa 2007: 86 (76, 93) |
Dev 2004: 100 (75, 100) Ratsimbasoa 2007: 94 (89, 98) |
1 | 198 | 94 (88, 98) |
92 84, 96) |
| Type 6, PALUTOP | 0 | 0 | ‐ | ‐ | 1 | 313 | 95 (88, 98) |
97 (94, 99) |
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