Table 1.
Rapid diagnostic test products used by the participants (137 RDT products from 8 brands, used by 133 participants).
The underlined names represent the shortened names used in the text to refer to the different RDT products.
Fig 1.
Example of photographs for Alere Binax Now® Malaria Test, (n = 59).
Abbreviations: Pf = P. falciparum, Pm = P. = malariae, Po = P. ovale, non-Pf = Plasmodium non-falciparum, IFU: Instructions for use.
Fig 2.
Instructions for Use (IFU) for Bio-Rad OptiMAL-IT, (881056, version 01/2010, included in each box containing 24 individual test packs).
The IFU did not clearly mention the (rare) possibility of a P. falciparum infection with only a Pf-pLDH band without a pan-pLDH band. According to the IFU, the test result should be reported as invalid.
Fig 3.
Instruction for Use (IFU) for All Diag PALUTOP+4 OPTIMA® (version 10, 03/07/2012).
The possibility of a mixed infection of P. falciparum and P. vivax with P. ovale and/or P. malariae was not clearly mentioned in the IFU (not included in “8.1 Test results”, but further under “Test limits”).