Demonstration of indigenous malaria elimination through Track-Test-Treat-Track (T4) strategy in a Malaria Elimination Demonstration Project in Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Table 1 Number of RDTs performed between June to May for 2017–18, 18–19, and 19–20

Period	RDTs done	Fever patients tested one time	No. of positive cases	Fever patients tested two times	No. of positive cases	Mean time between two test ± SD (days)	Fever patients tested more than two times	No. of positive cases	Mean time between more than two tests ± SD (days)
June 17–May 18^a	123641	121927	313	1606	60	78 ± 70	108	4	63 ± 41
June 18–May 19	103143	101713	118	1340	49	63 ± 35	90	2	43 ± 23
June 19–May 20	130359	129251	105	1043	22	44 ± 14	65	0	31 ± 11
Total	357143	352891	536	3988	131	62 ± 40	264	6	46 ± 25

Number of times the same patient was tested more than once in a year (recurring fever episodes) along with mean difference between the multiple tests have been compared
^aProject data available from September 2017. Earlier 3 months data (June 2017 to August 2017) is from District Malaria Office, Govt. of MP

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