Table 3 Proportion of patients tested and malaria results by age and transmission intensity
Diagnostic method | Low transmission | High transmission | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enrolled | Tested n(%) | Positive n(%) | Enrolled n(%) | Tested n(%) | Positive n(%) | |
Presumptive | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   < 5 years | 2936 | - |  | 2329 | - |  |
   ≥5 years | 14035 | - |  | 4584 | - |  |
RDT | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   < 5 years | 2716 | 2571(94.7) | 583(22.7) | 10112 | 10075(99.6) | 7932(79.2) |
   ≥5 years | 14921 | 13624(91.3) | 2730(20.1) | 18382 | 18295(99.5) | 11482(62.8) |
Microscopy | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   < 5 years | 2900 | 1768(61.0) | 269(15.2) | 5428 | 3502(64.5) | 2122(60.6) |
   ≥5 years | 14608 | 9313(63.8) | 1279(13.7) | 9136 | 4962(54.3) | 1892(38.1) |