Table 1.
Patterns of malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) diagnoses at 13 rural health centres in Southern Province, Zambia
| Rural health centre | Elevation (m) | Distance from Chitongo (m) | Estimated 2010 population | % weeks missing data | % RDTs testing positive | Mean weekly incidence per 10,000 (95% CI*) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low transmission season: weeks 23-46 | First 10 weeks (47-4) of high transmission season | High transmission season: weeks 47-22 | ||||||
| Floodplain Zone: |
2.15 (1.63, 2.67) |
3.87 (2.26, 5.47) |
4.63 (3.57, 5.70) |
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| Chitongo | 1,013 | 0 | 19,136 | 4.65 | 8.04 | 2.15 (1.63, 2.67) |
3.87 (2.26, 5.47) |
4.63 (3.57, 5.70) |
| Transitional Zone: |
0.96 (0.66, 1.26) |
1.58 (1.11, 2.05) |
2.80 (2.30, 3.30) |
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| Mapanza | 1,059 | 23,842 | 22,710 | 3.10 | 8.07 | 0.32 (0.20, 0.43) |
1.36 (0.29, 2.44) |
2.56 (1.73, 3.40) |
| Simaubi | 1,117 | 26,414 | 9,794 | 33.33 | 9.16 | 0.14 (0.01, 0.27) |
2.41 (1.25, 3.56) |
3.57 (2.51, 4.63) |
| Chilalantambo | 1,100 | 33,062 | 3,411 | 11.63 | 11.73 | 1.99 (1.23, 2.76) |
1.22 (0.46, 1.99) |
3.03 (1.73, 4.33) |
| Nalube | 1,110 | 36,944 | 3,411 | 12.40 | 11.65 | 1.18 (0.46, 1.89) |
1.57 (0.81, 2.32) |
2.25 (1.46, 3.03) |
| Heartland Zone: |
0.22 (0.14, 0.29) |
0.70 (0.42, 0.99) |
3.25 (2.53, 3.98) |
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| Mangunza | 1,087 | 36,869 | 12,729 | 22.48 | 16.11 | 0.35 (0.05, 0.65) |
0.41 (0.17, 0.64) |
2.36 (1.47, 3.26) |
| Moobola | 1,165 | 34,127 | 18,731 | 23.26 | 2.60 | 0.09 (0.02, 0.15) |
0.51 (0.23, 0.78) |
1.02 (0.73, 1.32) |
| Macha | 1,136 | 41,245 | 19,950 | 6.98 | 7.15 | 0.25 (0.12, 0.39) |
0.80 (0.34, 1.27) |
1.68 (1.19, 2.17) |
| Chilala | 1,187 | 48,677 | 12,565 | 24.03 | 10.97 | 0.08 (-0.02, 0.18) |
0.14 (-0.07, 0.35) |
1.47 (0.80, 2.15) |
| Siabunkululu | 1,190 | 56,024 | 12,064 | 21.71 | 9.84 | 0.25 (0.08, 0.41) |
0.25 (0.00, 0.50) |
2.86 (1.70, 4.02) |
| Habulile | 1,210 | 56,465 | 9,424 | 6.20 | 15.17 | 0.34 (0.09, 0.59) |
1.24 (0.21, 2.29) |
3.88 (2.67, 5.06) |
| Mbabala | 1,204 | 57,941 | 13,023 | 7.75 | 2.31 | 0.01 (-0.01, 0.03) |
0.07 (-0.01, 0.15) |
0.56 (0.21, 0.91) |
| Kamwanu | 1,273 | 59,384 | 1,333 | 35.66 | 5.29 | 0.48 (-0.09, 1.04) |
2.25 (0.26, 4.24) |
13.12 (8.07, 18.17) |
* bootstrap confidence intervals with 10,000 replications