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Table 3 Effect of changing operational strategy compared to a baseline strategy of three rounds mass test and treat with artemether-lumefantrine at 40 % coverage per round of all ages of the population with 60 days between rounds

From: Operational strategies of anti-malarial drug campaigns for malaria elimination in Zambia’s southern province: a simulation study

% Change in median parasite prevalence (IQR), by pre-intervention mean parasite prevalence

%

Coverage (%)

Frequency (days)

Ages

Change drug (%)

0

72

100

15

20

30

Under 5

5–14

25–49

DHAP 40

DHAP 72

<10

0.0

(−23.7, 107.4)

−6.1

(−32.6, 44.7)

−8.7

(−31.6, 43.4)

0

(−28.9, 56.3)

−2.4

(−30.0, 42.6)

−2.9

(−26.3, 48.9)

5.5

(−24.7, 112.6)

7.4

(−23.2, 86.1)

5.8

(−23.9, 111.3)

1.6

(−28.9, 64.2)

−5.5

(−30.0, 43.2)

10–24

65.8

(17.5, 107.1)

19.7

(−38.8,1.0)

37.6

(−53.2,17.8)

−15.1

(−32.5, 6.7)

18.6

(−43.2,4.4)

26.2

(−40.8,2.8)

60.8

(20.6, 95.2)

43.9

(4.1, 84.4)

40.9

(−2.9, 74.3)

−0.8

(−20.1, 28.1)

25.5

(−41.4,7.4)

>24

47.5

(42.7, 56.3)

25.6

(−33.1,16.8)

44.2

(−49.9,36.6)

18.2

(−27.5,11.1)

21.4

(−31.8,13.6)

25.3

(−33.3,17.2)

46.3

(37.2, 51.34)

36.8

(29.1, 49.7)

29.8

(19.4, 38.1)

2.9

(−3.1, 9.8)

25.7

(−34.5,17.2)

  1. Italics indicate results that perform better than the baseline strategy