Diagnostic utility of nested PCR, light microscopy and malaria rapid diagnostic tests according to infecting Plasmodium species using a Bayesian latent class model that assumes no gold standard.

nPCR, nested polymerase chain reaction for Plasmodium species; LM, reference light microscopy of Giemsa-stained thick blood films; RDT, malaria rapid diagnostic test.aAny Plasmodium species by nPCR, LM and either or both test lines positive by RDT.bP. falciparum only by nPCR and LM; either PfHRP-2 line or both test lines positive by RDT.cMixed P. falciparum/P. vivax infection or single P. vivax infection by nPCR and LM; either aldolase line or both test lines positive by RDT.dP. vivax only by PCR and LM; aldolase test line positive by RDT.Data are shown as percentages and (95% credible intervals).