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Table 2 Results of Giemsa stain, Partec Rapid Test® and Binax Now® RDT

From: Comparative evaluation of two rapid field tests for malaria diagnosis: Partec Rapid Malaria Test® and Binax Now® Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test

 

Positive

Negative

Test method

Pf only

Pm only

Po only

Mixed Species

False Positive

Overall

Negative

False Negative

Overall

GM

105*

1

1

-

-

107

156§

-

156

PT¥

105

1

1

-

4

111

152

0

152

BN RDT¥

52*

-

-

52

10

114

146

3

149

  1. *2 slides with Trophozoites and Gametocytes
  2. §2 slides with Gametocytes only
  3. ¥No Species differenciation