Table 4.

Agreement between participants (n=107) and expert reader in identification of malaria species, grouped by type of health facility.

Variable		Participant reader	Expert reader			Sensitivity	Specificity	Agreement	Kappa
			Positive	Negative	Total
Type of health facility	Regional reference laboratory	Positive	230	5	235	53.2%	95.4%	61.7%	0.46
		Negative	202	103	305
		Total	432	108	540
	Sub regional laboratory	Positive	66	0	66	55.0%	100%	64%	0.47
		Negative	54	30	84
		Total	120	30	150
	Hospital laboratory	Positive	115	0	115	65.3%	100%	72.3%	0.51
		Negative	61	44	105
		Total	176	44	220
	Health centre laboratory	Positive	75	2	77	58.6%	93.8%	65.6%	0.49
		Negative	53	30	83
		Total	128	32	160