Mendiratta 2006.

Clinical features and settings	Presenting signs and symptoms: Clinically suspected to be suffering from malaria Previous treatment for malaria: No exclusions based on previous treatment, and no data presented on previous use of antimalarials, except for retrospective analysis in the case of false positive results Clinical setting: Not clear Country: Sevagram, India Malaria endemicity: Not stated Malaria endemic species:P. falciparum
Participants	Sample size: 443 Age: Age profile of participant population not presented. Does not mention age as inclusion criteria. Sex: Both males and females eligible. Actual proportions of males and females in the participant population not stated. Co‐morbidities and pregnancy: No exclusion criteria based on co‐morbidities or pregnancy. No details of the frequency of these conditions in the participant population presented. 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 films Person(s) performing microscopy: Experienced microscopists Microscopy setting: Department of Microbiology, Mahatma Ghandi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram Number of high power fields examined before declaring negative: Not stated Number of observer or repeats: Two independent observers Resolution of discrepancies between observers: Not described
Index and comparator tests	Commerical name of RDT: Paracheck Pf (Orchid Biomedical Systems, Goa, India) Parasite(s) designed to detect:P. falciparum Designated Type: Type 1 Batch numbers: Not stated Transport and storage conditions: Not described Person(s) performing RDT: Not stated RDT setting: Department of Microbiology, Mahatma Ghandi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram
Follow‐up	Not applicable
Notes	Source of funding: Not stated
Table of Methodological Quality
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Representative spectrum? All tests	Unclear	Participants were a consecutive sample of people with fever and clinically suspected malaria; however the setting is unclear
Acceptable reference standard? All tests	Unclear	Microscopy undertaken by two trained microscopists, but it is was not stated how many high power fields they viewed before declaring a slide negative
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	Unclear	Blinding not described
Index test results blinded? All tests	Unclear	Blinding not described
Uninterpretable results reported? All tests	Unclear	The number of participants originally enrolled in the study was clearly stated, and corresponded to the number presented in the analysis; therefore there were no exclusions due to invalid test results
Withdrawals explained? All tests	Yes	The number of participants originally enrolled in the study was clearly stated, and corresponded to the number presented in the analysis; therefore there were no withdrawals