Inter-rater Variability in Malaria Microscopy at the LEKMA Hospital, Ghana.
Andrew Nii Adzei BekoeEmmanuel Alote AlloteyElliot Elikplim AkorsuAlbert Abaka-YawsonSamuel AduseiGodsway Edem KpenePrecious Kwablah KwadzokpuiPublished in: Journal of parasitology research (2020)
The study observed that the degree of inter-rater agreement of parasite density count by various categories of laboratory personnel is almost perfect. However, the parasite count between raters varied significantly with very low levels of parasitemia but better correlated with heavy parasitemia.