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Table 4 Patients treated with artemether-lumefantrine stratified by diagnostic method, age and transmission intensity

From: Comparative feasibility of implementing rapid diagnostic test and microscopy for parasitological diagnosis of malaria in Uganda

 

Low transmission

High transmission

 

Presumptive

n(%)

[95%CI]

Microscopy

n(%)

[95%CI]

RDT

n(%)

[95%CI]

Total

n(%)

[95%CI]

Presumptive

n(%)

[95%CI]

Microscopy

n(%)

[95%CI]

RDT

n(%)

[95%CI]

Total

n(%)

[95%CI]

Not tested

        

Age (yrs)

        

< 5

2932(99.9)

[99.7-100]

1103(97.4)

[95.6-99.2]

129(88.8)

[80.1-97.9]

4164(98.8)

[97.6-100]

2309(99.1)

[97.9-100]

1842(95.6)

[94.3-97.0]

33(89.2)

[78.6-99.7]

4184(97.5)

[95.6-99.3]

≥5

13999(99.7)

[99.6-99.8]

5163(97.5)

[96.5-98.4]

741(57.1)

[54.9-59.3]

19903(96.5)

[93.1-99.9]

4564(99.6)

[99.4-99.7]

3936(94.3)

[92.7-95.9]

62(71.3)

[61.5-80.9]

8562(96.8)

[94.1-99.5]

Total

16931(99.7)

[99.6-99.8]

6266(97.5)

[96.5-98.5]

870(60.3)

[57.9-62.8]

24067(96.9)

[93.9-99.8]

6873(99.4)

[99.0-99.8]

5778(94.7)

[93.5-95.9]

95(76.1)

[69.0-84.2]

12746(97.0)

[94.6-99.4]

Tested

        

Positive

        

Age (yrs)

        

< 5

N/A

264(98.1)

[95.2-100]

576(98.8)

[98.4-99.2]

840(98.6)

[97.8-99.4]

N/A

2106(99.3)

[97.8-100]

7853(99.0)

[97.6-100.]

9959(99.1)

[98.1-100]

≥5

N/A

1254(98.0)

[96.1-99.7]

2675(98.0)

[97.4-98.6]

3929(98.0)

[97.5-98.5]

N/A

1842(97.4)

[97.8-98.8]

11293(98.4)

[96.5-100]

13135(98.2)

[96.9-99.5]

Total

N/A

1518(98.1)

[96.9-99.2]

3251(98.1)

[97.6-98.7]

4769(98.1)

[97.7-98.5]

N/A

3948(98.4)

[96.9-99.7]

19146(98.6)

[96.9-100]

23094(98.6)

[97.4-99.7]

Negative

        

Age (yrs)

        

< 5

N/A

374(25.0)

[21.6-28.3]

332(16.7)

[11.2-22.2]

706(20.3)

[16.1-24.4]

N/A

1138(82.5)

[80.4-84.5]

1246(59.6)

[57.5-61.8]

2384(68.7)

[44.0-93.4]

≥5

N/A

1630(20.3)

[16.4-24.2]

1413(13.0)

[12.4-13.6]

3043(16.1)

[11.7-20.5]

N/A

2298(74.9)

[73.3-76.4]

2055(30.2)

[29.1-31.3]

4353(44.1)

[40.2-48.9]

Total

N/A

2004(21.0)

[17.4-24.7]

1745(13.6)

[12.9-14.2]

3749(16.8)

[12.4-21.1]

N/A

3436(77.2)

[75.9-78.4]

3301(37.1)

[36.1-38.1]

6737(50.5)

[43.1-55.4]

  1. CI = confidence interval, N/A = not applicable, RDT = rapid diagnostic test