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Table 3 Diagnostic accuracy of malaria LAMPs for archived extracted DNA of blood samples collected from Mwanya, eastern Zambia

From: Direct detection of falciparum and non-falciparum malaria DNA from a drop of blood with high sensitivity by the dried-LAMP system

  

Pf CZC-LAMP

PfMt869-LAMPa

non-Pf CZC-LAMP

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

Total

Sensitivity

89.7 (79.9–99.5)

84.6 (72.9–96.3)

85.7 (69.9–100)

Specificity

97.2 (91.7–100)

97.1 (91.2–100)

100

ICT positive

Sensitivity

100

100

100

Specificity

100

100

100

ICT negative

Sensitivity

80.0 (61.3–98.7)

70.0 (48.6–91.4)

83.3 (64.8–100)

Specificity

94.1 (82.0–100)

93.3 (79.5–100)

100

  1. aThe published LAMP primer sequence (PfMt869) [8] was used