Table 2 Monthly prevalence of malaria and low-density infection in active fever surveillance diagnosed by RDT, microscopy and PCR
Months | Fever cases screened | RDT positive (%) | Microscopy positive (%) | Gametocyte (%) | PCR positive (%) | Total malaria positivea (%) | LDMI prevalenceb (%) | LDMI proportionc (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 904 | 8 (0.88) | 7 (0.77) | 5 (71.42) | 34 (3.76) | 35 (3.87) | 26/904 (2.88) | 26/35 (74.29) |
February | 928 | 16 (1.72) | 10 (1.08) | 0 | 16 (1.72) | 23 (2.48) | 6/928 (0.65) | 6/23 (26.09) |
March | 1907 | 44 (2.31) | 24 (1.26) | 7 (29.16) | 81 (4.25) | 90 (4.72) | 42/1907 (2.20) | 42/90 (46.67) |
April | 853 | 8 (0.94) | 4 (0.47) | 0 | 26 (3.05) | 26 (3.05) | 15/853 (1.76) | 15/26 (57.69) |
May | 865 | 3 (0.35) | 3 (0.35) | 0 | 25 (2.89) | 25 (2.89) | 21/865 (2.43) | 21/25 (84.00) |
June | 1061 | 6 (0.57) | 4 (0.38) | 4 (100.00) | 10 (0.94) | 10 (0.94) | 4/1061 (0.38) | 4/10 (40.00) |
July | 1489 | 22 (1.48) | 13 (0.87) | 3 (23.07) | 34 (2.28) | 36 (2.42) | 13/1489 (0.87) | 13/36 (36.11) |
August | 2188 | 39 (1.78) | 21 (0.96) | 4 (19.04) | 48 (2.19) | 59 (2.70) | 17/2188 (0.78) | 17/59 (28.81) |
September | 2624 | 11 (0.42) | 8 (0.30) | 4 (50.00) | 64 (2.44) | 65 (2.48) | 54/2624 (2.06) | 54/65 (83.08) |
October | 2093 | 20 (0.96) | 12 (0.57) | 3 (25.00) | 48 (2.29) | 52 (2.48) | 31/2093 (1.48) | 31/52 (59.62) |
November | 1426 | 10 (0.70) | 4 (0.28) | 1 (25.00) | 31 (2.17) | 35 (2.45) | 25/1426 (1.75) | 25/35 (71.43) |
December | 1067 | 9 (0.84) | 8 (0.75) | 5 (62.50) | 19 (1.78) | 20 (1.87) | 9/1067 (0.84) | 9/20 (45.00) |
Total | 17,405 | 196 (1.13) | 118 (0.68) | 36 (30.50) | 436 (2.50) | 476 (2.73) | 263/17405 (1.51) | 263/476 (55.25) |