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Table 2 Summary of results obtained with the pLDH ELISA, malaria antibody ELISA, and RDT

From: Comparative evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test, an antibody ELISA, and a pLDH ELISA in detecting asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia in blood donors in Buea, Cameroon

 

GM

Positive n (%)

Negative n (%)

Total n (%)

RDT

Positive

88 (86.2)

14 (13.7)

102 (8.2)

Negative

12 (1.1)

1 126 (99.0)

1 138 (91.8)

Total

100 (8.1)

1 140 (91.90)

1 240 (100)

pLDH ELISA

Positive

69 (94.5)

4 (5.5)

73 (39.7)

Negative

12 (19.8)

89 (88.1)

101 (54.9)

Equivocal

7 (70)

3 (30)

10 (5.4)

Total

88 (47.8)

96 (52.2)

184 (100)

Malaria antibody ELISA

Positive

68 (73.4)

24 (26.1)

92 (50)

Negative

16 (19.8)

65 (80.3)

81 (44)

Equivocal

4 (36.4)

7 (63.6)

11 (6)

Total

88 (47.8)

96 (52.2)

184 (100)