Table 4.

Performance characteristics of Care Start™ by species identified in comparison with the standard light microscopy, Arba Minch, 2016.

Parasite type	Sensitivity (95% CI)	Specificity (95% CI)	PPV (95% CI)	NPV (95% CI)
P. falciparum	63.27% (48.29–76.58)	94.50% (88.40–97.95)	83.78% (67.99–93.81)	85.12% (77.51–90.94)
P. vivax	86.96% (66.41–97.22)	95.62% (90.71–98.38)	76.92% (56.35–91.03)	97.76% (93.60–99.54)
Mixed infection	83.33% [35.88–99.58%]	91.56% (86.00–95.43)	27.78% (9.69–53.48)	99.30% (96.14–99.98)
Overall performance	97.44% (91.04–99.69)	93.67% (85.84–97.91)	93.83% (86.18–97.97)	97.37% (90.82–99.68)