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Table 1 Description of the areas.

From: Social and environmental malaria risk factors in urban areas of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Land tenure

Irregular

Regular

Building density

Sparse

Dense

Sparse

Dense

Area

Burundi

Zongo

Somgandé

Yamtenga

Gounghin

Tanghin

Dapoya

Patte d'oie

No. compounds

188

194

176

223

132

170

103

82

No. households

194

194

178

223

148

172

128

86

No. of children aged 6 months-12 years

497

474

430

549

397

445

348

214

No. of children examined during dry season

237

201

209

283

184

205

113

132

No. of children examined during rainy season

260

273

221

266

213

240

235

82

Presence of anti-CSP antibodies*

63

69

38

48

27

49

25

24

% (95%CI)

12.7 (9.8–15.6)

14.6 (11.4–17.7)

8.8 (6.2–11.5)

8.7 (6.4–11.1)

6.8 (4.3–9.3)

11 (8.1–13.9)

7.2 (4.5–9.9)

11.2 (7–15.4)

Presence of P. falciparum parasitaemia

121

153

126

92

46

127

43

20

% (95%CI)

24.3 (20.6–28.1)

32.3 (28.1–36.5)

29.3 (25–33.6)

16.8 (13.6–19.9)

11.6 (8.4–14.7)

28.5 (24.3–32.7)

12.4 (839-15.8)

9.3 (5.4–13.2)

P. falciparum parasite density among positive children (/mL) Geometric mean (95%CI)

545 (365–735)

735 (545–992)

545 (403–735)

602 (446–898)

898 (446–1808)

602 (446–898)

446 (270–735)

221 (122–365)

Age (%)

        

0–6 y.

256 (51.5)

287 (60.5)

228 (53.0)

304 (55.4)

188 (47.4)

216 (48.5)

191 (54.9)

101 (47.2)

7–12 y.

241 (48.5)

187 (39.5)

202 (47.0)

245 (44.6)

209 (52.6)

229 (51.5)

157 (45.1)

113 (52.8)

Sex (%)

        

Female

238 (47.9)

240 (50.6)

204 (47.4)

271 (49.4)

208 (52.4)

223 (50.1)

181 (52.0)

106 (49.5)

Male

259 (52.1)

234 (49.4)

226 (52.6)

278 (50.6)

189 (47.6)

222 (49.9)

167 (48.0)

108 (50.5)

Use of bed net (%)

        

No

382 (76.9)

307 (64.8)

312 (72.6)

445 (81.1)

324 (81.6)

381 (85.6)

190 (54.6)

173 (80.8)

Yes

115 (23.1)

167 (35.2)

118 (27.4)

104 (18.9)

73 (18.4)

64 (14.4)

158 (45.4)

41 (19.2)

Equipment (%)

        

Low

301 (60.6)

314 (66.2)

304 (70.7)

359 (65.4)

114 (28.7)

280 (62.9)

102 (29.3)

63 (29.4)

high

196 (39.4)

160 (33.8)

126 (29.3)

190 (34.6)

283 (71.3)

165 (37.1)

246 (70.7)

151 (70.6)

Education level (%)

        

low

216 (43.5)

224 (47.3)

284 (66.1)

235 (42.8)

191 (48.1)

251 (56.4)

149 (42.8)

88 (41.1)

high

281 (56.5)

250 (52.7)

146 (33.9)

314 (57.2)

206 (51.9)

194 (43.6)

199 (57.2)

126 (58.9)

Travel outside of Ouagadougou the preceding month (%)

        

no

455 (91.5)

448 (94.5)

409 (95.1)

518 (94.3)

367 (92.4)

425 (95.5)

310 (89.1)

192 (89.7)

yes

42 (8.5)

26 (5.5)

21 (4.9)

31 (5.7)

30 (7.6)

20 (4.5)

38 (10.9)

22 (10.3)

Distance from the compounds to the closest hydrographic network (%)

        

< 200 m

32 (6.4)

305 (64.3)

250 (58.1)

0 (0)

92 (23.2)

20 (4.5)

87 (25)

89 (41.6)

200–500 m

169 (34.0)

162 (34.2)

180 (41.9)

91 (16.6)

233 (58.7)

94 (21.1)

133 (38.2)

107 (50.0)

> 500 m

296 (59.6)

7 (1.5)

0 (0)

458 (83.4)

72 (18.1)

331 (74.4)

128 (36.8)

18 (8.4)

Distance from the compounds to the closest drinking fountain (%)

        

< 200 m

193 (38.8)

5 (1.1)

103 (24.0)

185 (33.7)

151 (38.0)

391 (87.9)

283 (81.3)

39 (18.2)

200–500 m

272 (54.7)

147 (31.0)

320 (74.4)

304 (55.4)

246 (62.0)

54 (12.1)

65 (18.7)

168 (78.5)

> 500 m

32 (6.5)

322 (67.9)

7 (1.6)

60 (10.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

7 (3.3)

Distance from the compounds to the closest the closest artificial lake (%)

        

< 200 m

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

33 (9.5)

0 (0)

200–500 m

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

78 (17.5)

126 (36.2)

0 (0)

> 500 m

497 (100)

474 (100)

430 (100)

549 (100)

397 (100)

367 (82.5)

189 (54.3)

214 (100)

  1. * Anti circumsporozoite protein antibodies