Table 2.
Diagnostic performance of the evaluated Ag-RDTs according to time from the onset of symptoms.
| Time from the onset of symptoms |
5 days (n = 46) |
6 – 10 days (n = 55) |
> 10 days (n = 27) |
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| Positive samples | Sensitivity | p value | Positive samples | Sensitivity | p value | Positive samples | Sensitivity | p value | |
| CerTest | 39/46 | 84.8 (71.1–93.7) | 0.250 | 27/55 | 49.1 (35.4–62.9) | 0.063 | 5/32 | 18.5 (6.3–38.1) | 0.500 |
| Panbio | 42/46 | 91.3 (79.2–97.6) | 32/55 | 58.2 (44.1–71.3) | 7/27 | 25.9 (11.1–46.3) | |||
Statistics: sensitivity results are expressed as percentage with 95 %CI. P-values were calculated by the McNemar’s test. Significant differences are shown in bold. Abbreviations: Ag-RDT: antigen rapid diagnostic test; 95 %CI: 95 % confidence interval; p-value: level of significance.