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Table 2 Annual reported incidence by district from the routine malaria information system and detected prevalence of malaria among nomadic pastoralists

From: Malaria prevalence, prevention and treatment seeking practices among nomadic pastoralists in northern Senegal

District

Annual reported incidence in 2014 per 1000 inhabitantsa

Number examined

Number infected by

RDT n (%)

Thick smear n (%)

PCR n (%)

Ferlo

 Kanel

6.7

300

4 (1.3)

2 (0.7)

3 (1.0)

 Ranerou

20.0

300

3 (1)

3 (1)

3 (1)

 Linguere

3.4

300

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Senegal River Valley

 Podor

1.0

300

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Dagana

0.4

300

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Pété

1.9

300

4 (1.3)

3 (1.0)

3(1.0)

 Total

4.0

1800

11 (0.6)

8 (0.4)

9 (0.5)

  1. aData reported by Senegal National Malaria Control Program, including all publicly supported health facilities in each district