Parasitism reference standard | Venous blood ModPCR assay | Dried blood spot MoPCR assay | Light microscopy assay |
---|---|---|---|
Samples testing positive with the venous blood ModPCR assay | 27/47 (57.4 %) [105] | 21/47 (44.7 %) [105] | |
44/96 (45.8 %) [214] | |||
Samples testing positive with dried blood spot MoPCR assay | 27/31 (87.1 %) [105] | 18/31 (58.1 %) [105] | |
Samples testing positive with the light microscopy assay | 21/24 (87.5 %) [105] | 18/24 (75 %) [105] | |
44/52 (84.6 %) [214] | |||
Samples testing positives with any other assay | 31/37 (83.8 %) [105] | 28/50 (56 %) [105] | 24/52 (46.2 %) [105] |
54/65 (83.1 %) [214] | 47/101 (46.5 %) [214] | ||
Sample testing positives with both other assays | 17/18 (94.4 %) [105] | 17/21 (81 %) [105] | 17/27 (63 %) [105] |
Samples testing positive with all three assays | 47/53 (88.7 %) [105] | 31/53 (58.5 %) [105] | 24/53 (45.3 %) [105] |
96/107 (89.7 %) [214] | 52/107 (48.6 %) [214] | ||
Assay sensitivity-estimate ranges | 83.1 %–94.4 % | 56 %–81 % | 44.7 %–63 % |