Chitkara 2004.

Clinical features and settings	Presenting signs and symptoms: Fever Previous treatment for malaria: No exclusions based on previous treatment and no information presented on previous treatment, although this data was collected as part of the study Clinical setting: Temporary fever treatment camp Country: India (Assam and Arunachal Pradesh) Malaria endemicity: Varied Malaria endemic species: mainly P. falciparum, someP. vivax
Participants	Sample size: 673 Age: All age groups eligible; actual age range not reported Sex: Both males and females eligible; actual proportions in the sample not reported Co‐morbidities and pregnancy: No exclusions based on co‐morbidities or pregnancy; actual frequency of these conditions in the same not reported Parasite density of microscopy positive cases: Not presented
Study design	Enrollment was consecutive and prospective. One RDT was evaluated.
Target condition and reference standard(s)	Target condition: Malaria parasitaemia Reference standard: Microscopy thick and thin blood smear Person(s) performing microscopy: Chief microscopist of the District Malaria Office and two pathologists of Assam Medical College Microscopy setting: District Malaria Office and Assam Medical College Number of high power fields examined before declaring negative: Not stated Number of observer or repeats: All positive slides and 20% of negative slides were independently read by the pathologists from Assam Medical College Resolution of discrepancies between observers: Not described
Index and comparator tests	Commerical name of RDT: ParaHIT‐F (Span diagnostics Ltd, Surat, India) Parasite(s) designed to detect:P .falciparum Designated Type: Type I Batch numbers: Not stated Transport and storage conditions: Not stated Person(s) performing RDT: Laboratory technicians RDT setting: Temporary fever treatment camp
Follow‐up	Not applicable
Notes	Source of funding: Span Diagnostics provided the RDT test kits free of charge
Table of Methodological Quality
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Representative spectrum? All tests	Yes	Participants were a consecutive sample attending a temporary treatment camp with fever
Acceptable reference standard? All tests	Unclear	Unclear, as the numbers of high power fields viewed before declaring negative was not stated. However, the microscopy was undertaken by expert microscopists in a central malaria laboratory.
Partial verification avoided? All tests	Yes	All participants who received the index test also received the reference test
Differential verification avoided? All tests	Yes	The same reference test was used regardless of the index test results
Incorporation avoided? All tests	Yes	The index test does not form part of the reference standard
Reference standard results blinded? All tests	Yes	Two different technicians did the microscopic examination and the ParaHIT‐f test and the results of their observations were compared later.
Index test results blinded? All tests	Yes	Two different technicians did the microscopic examination and the ParaHIT‐f test and the results of their observations were compared later.
Uninterpretable results reported? All tests	Unclear	The number of participants originally enrolled in the study was not explicitly stated; therefore it is not possible to judge whether any were excluded from the analysis due to invalid test results
Withdrawals explained? All tests	Unclear	The number of participants originally enrolled in the study was not explicitly stated; therefore it is not possible to judge whether there were any withdrawals