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Table 3 Number of people tested to find 1 P. falciparum case from January 2018 and December 2020

From: Eliminating Plasmodium falciparum malaria: results from tailoring active case detection approaches to remote populations in forested border areas in north-eastern Cambodia

Project year

Case detection approach

P. falciparum cases detected

Number of people tested

Number of people tested to find 1 P. falciparum casea

2018

Mobile malaria post

545

5897

11

Outreach

343

6906

20

Co-traveller investigation

46

604

13

2019

Mobile malaria post

136

12,839

94

Outreach

170

19,693

116

Co-traveller investigation

8

768

96

2020

Mobile malaria post

12

12,421

1035

Outreach

20

21,389

1069

Co-traveller investigation

123

Active screening

348

Overall

Mobile malaria post

693

31,157

45

Outreach

533

47,988

90

Co-traveller investigation

54

1495

28

Active screening

348

  1. P. falciparum cases detected during the specific period
  2. aNumber of all tests conducted in a specified period divided by number of