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Table 2 Primary spatial-only P. falciparum clusters, their radius, the number of villages and cases contained in the clusters and the significance of the Kulldorff scan statistic in Gezira state from 1999 to 2009

From: The spatial-temporal clustering of Plasmodium falciparum infection over eleven years in Gezira State, The Sudan

Year

Number of clusters

Number of Villages in cluster

Radius of cluster (Km)

% Examined inside cluster

% P. falciparum cases inside cluster

Relative Risk

P-Value

% P. falciparum positive inside cluster

% P. falciparum positive outside cluster

1999

1

25

26.3

28.1

47.8

2.34

0.0001

14.7

6.3

2000

1

19

23.0

21.3

42.6

2.74

0.0001

8.0

2.9

2001

1

20

21.4

23.0

39.7

2.20

0.0004

3.6

1.6

2002

1

26

31.7

29.8

62.8

3.98

0.0001

7.9

2.0

2003

1

24

26.8

27.2

69.4

6.08

0.0001

7.3

1.2

2004

1

1

0.0

1.1

8.4

7.97

0.0001

15.0

1.9

2005

1

6

20.8

6.9

41.1

9.43

0.0001

69.7

7.4

2006

1

17

20.4

19.2

46.5

3.66

0.0001

86.9

23.7

2007

1

1

0.0

1.1

13.0

13.12

0.0001

14.9

1.1

2008

1

7

12.8

7.9

29.0

4.76

0.0001

40.8

8.6

2009

1

1

0.0

1.1

14.5

14.66

0.0001

16.9

1.2

1999-2009

1

24

26.8

27.3

49.2

2.59

0.0001

5.3

2.0