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. 2019 Nov 26;18:375. doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2998-1

Table 2.

Overall performance of private health facilities microscopists in detection of malaria parasites compared to the experienced microscopists

PHF readers Experienced reader
Positive Negative
Positive 113 9
Negative 21 89
Sensitivity % (95% CI) 84.3% (77–90%)
Specificity % (95% CI) 90.8% (83.3–95.7%)

PHF private health facility, CI confidence interval