Table 2 Performance of the Abbott Bioline Malaria Ag P.f/Pan RDT with microscopy as reference.

From: Malaria infection prevalence and diagnostic performance of the Abbott Bioline Malaria Ag P.f/Pan rapid test in rural populations of Central Cameroon

Performance parameters

Values (CI)%

Reference***

Sensitivity*

93.734 (91.15–95.77) %

99.70%

Sensitivity**

17.71 (14.34–21.50) %

95.50%

Specificity

68.50 (62.40–74.17) %

99.50%

Positive predictive value

84.44(81.01–87.46) %

-

Negative predictive value

85.71(80.13–90.22) %

-

LR+

21.97(2.47–3.57)

 

LR-

0.09 (0.06–0.13)

 

Accuracy

0.85 (0.82–0.87)

 

Kappa

0.652(0.593–0.710)

 
  1. *Sensitivity of the test for the detection of P. falciparum; **sensitivity of the test for the detection of plasmodium species other than falciparum; *** test performance values provided by the manufacturer; sensitivity = TP/FN + TP; specificity = TN/TN + FP; likelihood ratio for a positive test (LR+) = sensitivity/(1 – specificity); likelihood ratio for a Negative test (LR-)= (1 − sensitivity)/specificity). .
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