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Table 2 Percent of febrile patients qualifying for rapid diagnostic testing according to the algorithm, by age group, transmission season, and malaria transmission risk zone

From: Assessment of the utility of a symptom-based algorithm for identifying febrile patients for malaria diagnostic testing in Senegal

Season

Under 5 years

At least 5 years

All ages

Stratum (risk zone)

Dry

Rainy

All

Dry

Rainy

All

Dry

Rainy

All

Percent (LCL–UCL)

Percent (LCL–UCL)

Percent (LCL–UCL)

Percent (LCL–UCL)

Percent (LCL–UCL)

Percent (LCL–UCL)

Percent (LCL–UCL)

Percent (LCL–UCL)

Percent (LCL–UCL)

North (low)

46.0 (40.2–51.8)

136/296

44.8 (39.8–50.0)

169/377

45.3 (41.5–49.2)

305/673

60.1 (54.5–65.4)

194/323

63.2 (58.4–67.7)

276/437

61.8 (58.3–65.3)

470/760

53.3 (49.3–57.3)

330/619

54.7 (51.2–58.1)

445/814

54.1 (51.5–56.7)

775/1433

Centre (moderate)

46.2 (41.0–51.4)

170/368

47.6 (42.6–52.6)

189/397

46.9 (43.4–50.5)

359/765

75.5 (70.8–79.7)

284/376

76.1 (71.5–80.1)

302/398

75.7 (72.5–78.7)

586/774

61.0 (57.4–64.5)

454/744

61.8 (58.4–65.2)

491/795

61.4 (58.9–63.8)

945/1539

South (high)

43.8 (38.1–49.7)

128/292

59.6 (54.6–64.4)

236/396

52.9 (49.1–56.7)

364/688

63.3 (57.9–68.4)

212/335

82.4 (78.6–85.7)

388/471

74.4 (71.3–77.4)

600/806

54.2 (50.2–58.2)

340/627

72.0 (68.8–74.9)

624/867

64.5 (62.0–66.9)

964/1494

Dakar (heterogeneous)

33.6 (28.0–39.5)

92/274

31.0 (26.6–35.8)

126/406

32.1 (28.6–35.7)

218/680

58.9 (53.9–63.7)

235/399

70.0 (65.8–74.0)

346/494

65.1 (61.8–68.2)

581/893

48.6 (44.8–52.4)

327/763

52.4 (49.1–55.8)

472/900

50.8 (48.3–53.3)

799/1573

All

42.8 (40.0–45.6)

526/1230

45.7 (43.2–48.2)

720/1576

44.4 (42.6–46.3)

1246/2806

64.6 (62.0–67.0)

925/1433

72.9 (70.8–75.0)

1312/1800

69.2 (67.6–70.8)

2237/3233

54.5 (52.6–56.4)

1451/2663

60.2 (58.5–61.9)

2032/3376

57.7 (56.4–58.9)

3483/6039

  1. LCL lower confidence limit, UCL upper confidence limit