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Table 4 Profiles of imported cases and MMP social contacts from three districts, September–November 2016

From: Designing malaria surveillance strategies for mobile and migrant populations in Nepal: a mixed-methods study

Key characteristics

Imported cases

MMP social contacts

P valueb

Pf

Pv

P valuea

Total

N = 80

(%)

N = 11

(%)

N = 49

(%)

N = 60

(%)

District of diagnosis

 Bardiya

4

(36)

3

(6)

0.01

7

(12)

2

(2)

0.07

 Kailali

4

(36)

34

(69)

38

(63)

51

(64)

 Kanchanpur

3

(27)

12

(25)

15

(25)

27

(34)

District of residence

 Bardiya

3

(30)

3

(6)

0.22

6

(10)

2

(3)

0.06

 Kailali

4

(40)

39

(61)

34

(58)

41

(51)

 Kanchanpur

3

(30)

14

(29)

17

(29)

37

(46)

 Dadeldhura/Baitadi

0

(0)

2

(4)

2

(4)

0

(0)

Gender

 Male

9

(81)

48

(98)

0.03

57

(95)

71

(89)

0.19

 Female

2

(18)

1

(2)

3

(5)

9

(11)

Age category (years)

 15–30

6

(54)

26

(53)

0.99

32

(53)

49

(61)

0.42

 30–45

4

(36)

19

(39)

23

(38)

28

(35)

 45+

1

(9)

4

(8)

5

(8)

3

(4)

Education

 None

2

(18)

7

(14)

0.47

9

(15)

27

(34)

0.14

 Primary

5

(46)

26

(53)

31

(52)

31

(39)

 Secondary

4

(36)

10

(20)

14

(23)

17

(21)

 Post sec.

0

(0.0)

6

(12)

6

(10)

5

(6)

  1. Italic values indicate significance of p value (p < 0.05)
  2. Pf, Plasmodium falciparum; Pv, Plasmodium vivax
  3. aChi squared test of differences in key characteristics between Pf and Pv in imported cases
  4. bChi squared test of difference in key characteristics between imported cases and MMP social contacts