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Table 3 Proportions and odds of slide positive results at the PHF laboratories

From: Prescribing practice for malaria following introduction of artemether-lumefantrine in an urban area with declining endemicity in West Africa

Season

Age category

Sample

Slide positive (%)

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Dry

<5 years

27

15 (55.6)

1

 
 

5 - 15 years

22

10 (45.5)

0.67 (0.22 - 2.07)

0.483

 

>15 years

27

5 (18.5)

0.18 (0.05 - 0.62)

0.007

Wet

<5 years

55

24 (43.6)

1

 
 

5 - 15 years

22

17 (77.3)

4.39 (1.42 - 13.60)

0.010

 

>15 years

20

18 (90)

11.63 (2.46 - 55.05)

0.002

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Malaria Journal

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