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Table 4 Suspected malaria cases with malaria tests by strata, January—December 2018

From: Performance of passive case detection for malaria surveillance: results from nine countries in Mesoamerica and the Dominican Republic

Country

% records with data recorded (strata 1–3)

Suspected malaria cases with malaria test (%)

Place of residence

travel history

Stratum 4

Stratum 3

Stratum 2

Stratum 1

Total

Belize

84.8

0.2

2.0

3.0

  

2.6

Colombiaa

  

38.6

   

38.6

Costa Rica

97.9

0.8

1.6

0.0

  

0.6

Dominican Republic

83.2

0.0

0.4

5.8

  

2.8

El Salvadorb

64.1

0.0

24.8

14.6

2.9

3.3

13.8

Guatemala

56.3

0.6

6.0

0.6

  

5.2

Hondurasc

98.0

6.0

8.9

0.0

  

8.4

Nicaragua

84.5

2.3

91.6

10.4

  

81.1

Panama

68.3

8.5

18.3

2.8

  

9.4

  1. aSample includes municipalities in stratum 4 in the departments of Buenaventura, Nariño, and Chocó; only 16.4% of the expected sample size was collected
  2. bStratum 1 data collected in only two referral hospitals
  3. cStratum 3 data collected in only four health facilities