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Table 1 Altitude, annual climate, malaria incidence rates (estimated from the number of RDT-positive cases who were residents of the locality where each health centre is located and using the population of the locality as denominator) and RDT positivity rates at the four sentinel sites in Uganda and Kenya*.

From: Determinants of the accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests in malaria case management: evidence from low and moderate transmission settings in the East African highlands

Site

Altitude

(m)

Average temperature

(°C)

Average annual rainfall

(mm)

Malaria incidence rates

per 1000 per year

Overall RDT positivity rate

(%)

Bufundi, Uganda

2291

16.1

884

15.6

5.8

Kilibwoni, Kenya

2065

17.0

1,424

43.2

7.9

Sengera, Kenya

1816

18.9

1,709

3.4

42.2

Kebisoni, Uganda

1670

20.1

1,007

359.8

52.3

  1. *Patients who had a travel history in the two weeks before the tests were done were excluded from the data presented in the table.