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Table 4 Malaria infection and body temperature at time of blood sampling by period of year and location

From: School-based malaria prevalence: informative systematic surveillance measure to assess epidemiological impact of malaria control interventions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Strata

 

Presence of fever (≥ 37.5 ℃)

Blood smear results

Total

p-value*

Prevalence ratio (CI 95%)

Positive (%)

Negative (%)

Period

May

Yes

61 (43.0)

81 (57.0)

142

0.029

1.259 (1.038–1.527)

  

No

1782 (34.1)

3441 (65.9)

5223

  
 

October

Yes

75 (41.0)

108 (59.0)

183

0.018

1.258 (1.052–1.504)

  

No

1492 (32.6)

3087 (67.4)

4579

  

Location

Rural

Yes

28 (70.0)

12 (30.0)

40

0.144

1.198 (0.972–1.476)

  

No

659 (58.4)

469 (41.6)

1128

  
 

Urban

Yes

108 (37.9)

177 (62.1)

285

0.005

1.257 (1.080–1.463)

  

No

2615 (30.1)

6059 (69.9)

8674

  

Total

 

Yes

136 (41.8)

189 (58.2)

325

0.002

1.253 (1.099–1.428)

  

No

3274 (33.4)

6528 (66.6)

9802

  
  

Total

3410

6717

10,127

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