Sensitivities, specificities, positive and negative predictive values and kappa analysis.

Abstract

<p><i>P.f.</i>* = <i>P. falciparum</i> mono infections (n = 33), P.m.** = <i>P.malariae</i> mono infections (n = 13), P.f.*** <i>P. falciparum</i> mono and mixed.</p><p>infections (n = 41), CI = confidence interval, PPV = positive predictive value, NPV = negative predictive value.</p><p>Sensitivities, specificities, positive and negative predictive values and kappa analysis for detection of malaria DNA from fever patients and asymptomatic individuals with Pan and Pf-LAMP versus gold standard (real- time PCR corrected Cytochrome b nested PCR).</p