Table 2 The performance of multi-section CLIP-PCR versus qPCR for Plasmodium genus and species assay
| Â | Multi-section CLIP-PCR performance, % (95% confidence interval) | Kappa coefficient | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sensitivity | Specificity | Positive predictive value | Negative predictive value | ||
Plasmodium | 100 (91.6–100) | 100 (90.6–100) | 100 (91.6–100) | 100 (90.6–100) | 100 |
P. falciparum | 100 (75.9–100) | 100 (94.6–100) | 100 (75.9–100) | 100 (94.6–100) | 100 |
P. vivax | 94.9 (81.–99.1) | 100 (92.6–100) | 100 (88.3–100) | 96.8 (88.0–99.4) | 95.8 |