Table 3 Age group wise 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 (%) | Malaria positivea (%) | LDMI prevalenceb (%) | LDMI proportionc (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0–1 yr | 90 | 4 (4.44) | 4 (4.44) | 2 (50.00) | 8 (8.89) | 8 (8.89) | 4/90 (4.44) | 4/8 (50.00) |
1–4 yrs | 543 | 8 (1.47) | 6 (1.10) | 3 (50.00) | 18 (3.31) | 18 (3.31) | 10/543 (1.84) | 10/18 (55.56) |
4–8 yrs | 774 | 9 (1.16) | 8 (1.03) | 2 (25.00) | 21 (2.71) | 21 (2.71) | 10/774 (1.29) | 10/21 (47.62) |
8–14 yrs | 1331 | 11 (0.83) | 6 (0.45) | 4 (66.66) | 20 (1.50) | 22 (1.65) | 10/1331 (0.75) | 10/22 (45.45) |
15+ yrs | 14,667 | 164 (1.12) | 94 (0.64) | 25 (26.59) | 369 (2.52) | 407 (2.77) | 229/14667 (1.56) | 229/407 (56.27) |
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) |