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Table 3 Comparison of weeks exceeding threshold levels at each of the 13 rural health centres

From: Early detection of malaria foci for targeted interventions in endemic southern Zambia

Rural health centre

Weeks above threshold

2009

2010

Overall

(August 2008 through February 2011)

Low transmission seasons

High transmission seasons

Total

Floodplain Zone:

     

Chitongo

9 (19.6%)

1 (1.9%)

5 (9.1%)

13 (19.1%)

18 (14.6%)

Transitional Zone:

     

Mapanza

12 (24.0%)

2 (4.0%)

2 (3.5%)

15 (22.1%)

17 (13.6%)

Simaubi

9 (52.9%)

6 (12.0%)

1 (2.7%)

17 (34.7%)

18 (20.9%)

Chilalantambo

17 (36.2%)

16 (32.0%)

21 (38.9%)

16 (27.1%)

37 (32.7%)

Nalube

13 (27.7%)

7 (15.6%)

8 (15.1%)

13 (21.0%)

21 (18.3%)

Heartland Zone:

     

Mangunza

2 (7.1%)

19 (40.0%)

7 (18.9%)

17 (27.0%)

24 (24.0%)

Moobola

7 (24.1%)

2 (3.9%)

1 (3.1%)

10 (15.6%)

11 (11.5%)

Macha

11 (21.2%)

9 (17.3%)

13 (21.3%)

13 (21.0%)

26 (21.1%)

Chilala

8 (20.0%)

1 (2.5%)

2 (3.8%)

8 (17.4%)

10 (10.2%)

Siabunkululu

13 (29.5%)

6 (15.4%)

7 (12.1%)

15 (34.9%)

21 (20.8%)

Habulile

18 (35.3%)

13 (28.9%)

7 (12.3%)

30 (47.9%)

37 (30.6%)

Mbabala

0 (0.0%)

2 (4.1%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (3.4%)

2 (1.7%)

Kamwanu

15 (42.9%)

15 (35.7%)

2 (6.3%)

28 (54.9%)

30 (36.1%)

  1. * Figures are number of weeks above the threshold in the surveillance period. In parenthesis is the percentage of weeks above the threshold out of those weeks with data available.