Molecular investigation of malaria-infected patients in Djibouti city (2018–2021)

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Bed net use and malaria infection among febrile patients consulting in health centres and referral hospital of Djibouti city in 2018–2021

Bed net use*	Number of patients	PCR-positive		PCR-negative
Bed net use*	N	n	%	n	%
Never	385	269	69.9	116	30.1
Occasional	34	21	61.8	13	38.2
Regular*	181	107	59.1	74	40.9
Total	600	397		203

N, total number of patients who provided information on bed net use and whose diagnosis was confirmed by PCR; n, number of PCR-positive or PCR-negative patients. *Significant statistical association between bed net use and malaria infection with Fisher exact test: Odds-ratio_{(Never vs Regular)} 0.62 (0.42–0.92), P-value _{(Never vs Regular)} = 0.013

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