Table 1 Baseline information
Characteristic | Study site | Overall (N = 234) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chennai (N = 66) | Nadiad (N = 92) | Rourkela (N = 76) | ||
Age (years) | 32 (25–48) | 29 (15.5–41) | 23 (11–35) | 29 (17–40) |
Gender, male | 41 (62.1) | 60 (65.2) | 45 (59.2) | 146 (62.4) |
Bed net use | 64 (97) | 83 (90.2) | 18 (23.7) | 165 (70.5) |
Fever within last 2Â weeks | 20 (32.8) | 29 (31.5) | 10 (13.2) | 59 (25.8) |
Fever suppressant | 54 (81.8) | 29 (31.5) | 19 (25.0) | 102 (43.6) |
Taken anti-malarial drugs in last 2Â weeks | 1 (1.6) | 4 (4.3) | 3 (3.9) | 8 (3.4) |
Malaria in last 12Â months | 17 (25.8) | 5 (5.4) | 19 (25.0) | 41 (17.5) |
RDT positive | 25 (37.9) | 45 (48.9) | 8 (10.5) | 78 (33.3) |
Microscopy positive | 28 (42.4) | 48 (52.2) | 13 (17.1) | 89 (38.0) |
PCR positive | 37 (56.1) | 49 (53.3) | 28 (36.8) | 114 (48.7) |
Malaria cases | ||||
 Asymptomatic | 28 (75.7) | 27 (55.1) | 25 (89.3) | 80 (70.2) |
 Symptomatic | 9 (24.3) | 22 (44.9) | 3 (10.7) | 34 (29.8) |
Parasite count | ||||
 Low (≤ 5000) | 25 (86.2) | 35 (72.9) | 10 (58.8) | 70 (74.5) |
 High (> 5000) | 4 (13.8) | 13 (27.1) | 7 (41.2) | 24 (25.5) |