|
Characteristics
|
Year of observation
|
|---|
| |
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
|
Number of children*
|
433
|
425
|
396
|
319
|
|
Person-years of follow-up
|
349
|
348
|
312
|
258
|
|
Mean age in years (SD)
|
6.80 (1.81)
|
7.11 (1.93)
|
7.19 (1.93)
|
7.19 (1.84)
|
|
ITN coverage†
|
5.4%
|
64.4%
|
99.8%
|
100%
|
|
Total blood smears performed
|
1133
|
937
|
650
|
438
|
|
Positive blood smears
|
326
|
302
|
196
|
101
|
|
Malaria treatment given‡
| | | | |
|
AQ + SP
|
123
|
123
|
24
|
0
|
|
AQ + AS
|
111
|
79
|
71
|
8
|
|
AL
|
83
|
94
|
94
|
92
|
|
Quinine
|
9
|
6
|
7
|
1
|
|
Slide positivity rate (SPR)
|
28.8%
|
32.2%
|
30.2%
|
23.1%
|
|
Incidence of malaria£
|
0.93
|
0.87
|
0.63
|
0.39
|
|
Incidence of non-malaria fever£
|
2.31
|
1.83
|
1.46
|
1.31
|
- *Number of children contributing at least one day of follow up to yearly analysis
- †Proportion of observation days with ITN coverage
- ‡AQ = amodiaquine; SP = sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine; AS = artesunate; AL = artemether-lumefantrine
- £per person-year
