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Table 2 Overall estimates of current malaria infection and exposure, as well as haemoglobin levels

From: Use of different transmission metrics to describe malaria epidemiology in the highlands of western Kenya

 

Mean

95 % CI

Cluster range

Proportion RDT positive

3.0

2.2–4.2

0–13.1

Proportion PCR positive

8.5

7.0–10.4

0–14.8

Proportion MSP-119 antibody positive

36.8

33.9–39.8

18.6–65.8

MSP-1 SCR

0.038

0.035–0.040

0.013–0.128

Mean Hb level (g/dl)

12.8

12.7–12.9

11.8–13.8

Proportion anaemic (<11 g/dl)

25.7

23.1–28.5

9.4–48.0

  1. Data given as means, corresponding 95 % CI and the range of values by cluster