Skip to main content

Table 2 Plasmodium infection, stratified by household screening approach, including breakdown of afebrile infections

From: Reactive case-detection of malaria in Pailin Province, Western Cambodia: lessons from a year-long evaluation in a pre-elimination setting

 

RDT

PCR

 

N tested

n positive (%)

N afebrile (% of positives)

N tested

n positive (%)

N afebrile (% of positives)a

Index household

1266

4 (0.3)

3 (75.0)

1047

13 (1.3)

11 (91.7)

Five households closest to index household

236

3 (1.3)

2 (66.7)

200

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

Ten households closest to index household

396

2 (0.5)

2 (100)

349

3 (0.9)

3 (100)

Total in RACD households

1898

9 (0.5)

7 (77.8)

1596

17 (1.1)

14 (87.5)

Randomly selected households from high incidence villages

78

0 (0)

n/a

118

19 (16.1)

12 (75.0)

Randomly selected households from low incidence villages

105

0 (0)

n/a

119

6 (5.0)

3 (60.0)

Total in randomly selected control households

183

0 (0)

n/a

237

25 (10.5)

15 (71.4)

  1. aTemperature data missing for some individuals,  % calculation according to correct denominators