Table 1.
Selected characteristics of study participants
| Selected variable | Overall n(%) |
Low transmission n(%) |
High transmission n(%) |
p-value (2-sided) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion <5 years of age | 117(39.1) | 52(34.7) | 65(43.3) | 0.124 |
| Sleeps under mosquito net | 134(44.7) | 78(52) | 56(37.3) | 0.015 |
| Used anti-malarial prior to visiting study health centre | 58(34.1) | 20(20.6) | 38(52.1) | 0.000 |
| Axillary temperature ≥37.5°C | 88(29.3) | 40(26.7) | 48(32.0) | 0.375 |
| Health centre microscopy slide positive | 56(18.7) | 11(7.3) | 45(30.0) | 0.000 |
| Expert microscopy slide positive | 47(15.7) | 5(3.3) | 42(28.0) | 0.000 |
| Paracheck positive | 110(36.7) | 22(14.7) | 88(58.7) | 0.000 |
| PCR positive | 89(29.7) | 12(8.0) | 77(51.3) | 0.000 |
PCR = Polymerase Chain Reaction