Attributes | Category | Parasite prevalence by nPCR, % (n/N) [95% CI] | P-value | Parasite prevalence by microscopy/RDT, % (n/N) [95% CI] | P-value | |
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Gender | Male | 22.5 (106/472) [18.9–26.5] | 0.442 | 13.5(65/483) [10.7–16.8] | 0.232 | |
 | Female | 20.2 (74/367) [16.4–24.6] |  | 10.7(40/372) [7.9–14.3] | ||
Age group (years) | ≤ 5 | 21.5 (14/65) [13.1–33.3] | 0.008 | 10.6 (7/66) [5.1–20.7] | < 0.001 | |
 | 5–15 | 26.7 (62/232) [21.4–32.8] | 20.7 (50/241) [16.1–26.3] | |||
 | ≥ 15 | 16.9 (87/513) [13.9–20.5] | 5.6 (29/515) [3.9–7.9] | |||
Study sites (n/N) High transmission | Lare | 46.1 (47/102) [36.6–55.8] | < 0.001 | 35.9 (41/114) [27.6–45.2] | < 0.001 | |
Abobo | 34.2 (39/114) [26.1–43.4] | 23.7 (28/118) [16.9–32.3] | ||||
Meng | 17.6 (21/119) [11.8–25.6] | 10.1 (12/119) [5.8–16.9] | ||||
Moderate transmission | Mamo-Komo | 29.3 (34/116) [21.7–38.3] | 16.4 (19/116) [10.7–24.3] | |||
Arba Minch zuria | 12.4 (20/161) [8.1–18.5] | 1.8 (3/161) [0.6–5.6] | ||||
Low transmission | Babile | 15.4 (18/117) [9.9–23.2] | 1.7 (2/117) [0.4–6.6] | |||
Gomma | 3.4 (4/117) [1.3–8.8] | 0.0 (0/115 [NA] | ||||
Transmission intensity | High | 31.9 (107/335) [6.3–13.9] | < 0.001 | 23.1(81/351) [18.9–27.8] | < 0.001 | |
Moderate | 19.5 (54/277) [15.2–24.6] | 7.9 (22/277) [5.3–11.8] | ||||
Low | 9.4 (22/234) [6.3–13.9] | 0.9 (2/232) [0.2–3.4] | ||||
Overall Prevalence (n/N) | – | 21.6 (183/846) [18.9–24.5] |  | 12.2 (105/860) [10.1–14.6] |  |