Table 1. Characteristics of persons included in cross-sectional survey for Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax infection, Somalia, 2008*.

Characteristic	Dry season, Mar–Apr	End of wet season, Aug–Sep
No. persons	1,178	1,128
Age, y, median (IQR)	17 (6–36)	15 (6–37)
Female	48.6 (573/1,178)	50.8 (573/1,128)
Reported regular bed net use	1.9 (22/1,158)	2.2 (25/1,128)
Reported fever in 14 d preceding survey	4.8 (57/1,179)	0.6 (7/1,128)
Temperature >37.5°C at time of survey	0.8 (10/1,177)	1.1 (12/1,124)
Positive rapid diagnostic test result	0 (0/1,173)	0 (0/1,106)
Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence†	0 (0/1,173)	0 (0/1,106)
P. vivax parasite prevalence†	0 (0/1,173)	0 (0/1,106)

*IQR, interquartile range (25th−75th percentile). Values are % (no. positive/no. tested) unless otherwise indicated.
†Determined by screening 200 high-power microscopic fields.