Table 5. Diagnostic performance of microscopy and RDT in detecting asymptomatic malaria infection.

Methods	Microscopy		RDT
	P. falciparum	P. malariae	P. falciparum
Sensitivity (95% CI)	56.4 (48.3–64.3)	100.0 (87.7–100.0)	100.0 (97.7–100.0)
Specificity (95% CI)	100.0 (98.8–100.0)	100.0 (98.8–100.0)	100.0 (98.9–100.0)
PPV	100.0	100.0	100.0
NPV	82.3	100.0	100.0
TP	88	28	156
TN	316	316	344
FP	0	0	0
FN	68	0	0
Accuracy (%)	85.6	100.0	100.0
AUC (%)	78.2 (74.2–81.8)	100.0 (98.9–100.0)	100.0 (99.3–100.0)
Reliability (%)	56.4	100.0	100.0

nPCR was used as the reference