TABLE 5.
Performance of direct blood RT-RPA for malaria screening test in healthy subjects
| Method | Result | RT-qPCR reference (n) |
PPAa (95% CI) | NPAb (95% CI) | Accuracy (%) | κ value (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | ||||||
| dbRT-RPA | Positive | 7 | 2 | 88 (47–100) | 90 (68–99) | 89 (72–98) | 0.75 (0.48–1.02) |
| Negative | 1 | 18 | |||||
| RT-RPA | Positive | 8 | 0 | 100 (63–100) | 100 (83–100) | 100 (88–100) | 1 |
| Negative | 0 | 20 | |||||
PPA, positive percent agreement.
NPA, negative percent agreement.