Table 1 Demography of participants and RDT results (n = 2435)
Variables | Participants (N) | Proportion Positive (pLDH) N (%) | Proportion positive (HRP2) N (%) | HRP2-/pLDH + N (%) | HRP2 + /pLDH-N (%) | HRP2 + /pLDH + N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ||||||
  < 5 | 664 | 437 (65.8%) | 464 (69.9%) | 16 (2.4%) | 49 (7.4%) | 420 (63.2%) |
  >  = 5 | 1771 | 1068 (60.4%) | 1193 (67.4%) | 34 (1.9%) | 164 (9.3%) | 1034 (58.4%) |
Sex | ||||||
 Male | 856 | 287 (33.8%) | 234 (27.6%) | 17 (2.0%) | 70 (8.3%) | 544 (64.2%) |
 Female | 1579 | 641 (40.6%) | 544 (34.4%) | 45 (2.8%) | 143 (9.1%) | 900 (57.0%) |
Region | ||||||
 Acholi | 549 | 378 (68.0%) | 372 (67.8%) | 7 (1.8%) | 3 (0.55%) | 371 (67.6%) |
 Lango | 583 | 370 (63.8%) | 448 (76.8%) | 19 (5.1%) | 99 (17.0%) | 351 (60.2%) |
 W. Nile | 676 | 386 (57.1%) | 471 (69.7%) | 13 (3.4%) | 102 (15.1%) | 369 (54.6%) |
 Karamoja | 627 | 370 (59.0%) | 366 (58.4%) | 11 (3.0%) | 9 (1.4%) | 363 (57.8%) |
 Total | 2435 | 1504 (61.8%) | 1657 (68.0%) | 50 (3.3%) | 213 (8.7%) | 1454 (59.6%) |