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Table 3 Percent of febrile patients positive for malaria by RDT, 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)

0.3 (0.0–1.9)

1/296

1.3 (0.5–3.3)

5/377

0.9 (0.4–2.0)

6/673

0.6 (0.1–2.5)

2/323

2.5 (1.3–4.6)

11/437

1.7 (1.0–3.0)

13/760

0.5 (0.1–1.5)

3/619

2.0 (1.2–3.2)

16/814

1.3 (0.8–2.1)

19/1433

Centre (moderate)

5.2 (3.2–8.1)

19/368

21.9 (18.0–26.4)

87/397

13.9 (11.5–16.6)

106/765

6.9 (4.7–10.1)

26/376

39.0 (34.3–44.1)

155/242

23.4 (20.5–26.6)

181/774

6.1 (4.5–8.1)

45/744

30.5 (27.3–33.8)

242/795

18.7 (16.8–20.7)

287/1539

South

(high)

18.8 (14.5–23.8)

55/292

68.4 (63.6–72.9)

271/396

47.4 (43.6–51.2)

326/688

34.4 (29.4–39.8)

115/334

85.4 (81.8–88.4)

402/471

64.2 (60.8–67.5)

517/805

27.2 (23.7–30.9)

170/626

77.6 (74.7–80.3)

673/867

56.5 (53.9–59.0)

843/1493

Dakar (heterogeneous)

2.9 (1.3–5.7)

8/273

3.9 (2.4–6.5)

16/406

3.5 (2.3–5.3)

24/679

4.3 (2.6–6.9)

17/399

37.0 (32.8–41.5)

183/494

22.4 (19.7–25.3)

200/893

3.7 (2.5–5.5)

25/672

22.1 (19.5–25.0)

199/900

14.3 (12.6–16.1)

224/1572

All

6.8 (5.4–8.3)

83/1229

24.1 (22.0–26.3)

379/1576

16.5 (15.1–17.9)

462/2805

11.2 (9.6–13.0)

160/1432

41.8 (39.5–44.1)

751/1800

28.2 (26.7–29.8)

911/3232

9.1 (8.1–10.3)

243/2661

33.5 (31.9–35.1)

1130/3376

22.7 (21.7–23.8)

1373/6037

  1. LCL lower confidence limit, UCL upper confidence limit