Comparative Diagnostic Performance of Microscopy, SD-Bioline Rapid Diagnostic Test, and Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Detection of Malaria Infection among Pregnant Women at Delivery in Kumba Health District Area in the Southwest Region of Cameroon

Table 7

Diagnostic performance test of TFM, RDT, and PCR in the detection of malaria infection among pregnant women at delivery.

	TFM	RDT	PCR
TP (CT = 51)	8	48	51
FP (CT = negative)	1	12	61
TN (CT = 176)	175	164	115
FN (CT = positive)	43	3	0
Sensitivity (95% CL)	15.69% (7.02–28.59%)	94.12% (83.76–98.77%)	100.00% (93.02–100%)
Specificity (95% CL)	99.43% (96.88–99.99%)	93.18% (88.39–96.43%)	65.34% (57.81–72.34%)
PPV (95% CL)	88.89% (50.60–98.42%)	80.00% (69.76–87.40%)	45.54% (40.57–50.60%)
NPV (95% CL)	80.28% (78.32–82.09%)	98.20% (94.80–99.39%)	100.00% (96.84–100%)
Accuracy (95% CL)	80.62% (74.87–85.55%)	93.39% (89.34–96.25%)	73.13% (66.86–78.78%)
Cohen’s kappa value	0.213	0.821	0.458