Table 2.
N | High-transmission season | Low-transmission season | |||||
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No. of cases | Incidence* | P value | No. of cases | Incidence* | P value | ||
Jhum cultivators | 2 | 90 | 2.22 | < 0.001 | 6 | 0.19 | < 0.001 |
Jhum cohabitants | 2 | 94 | 2.41 | 25 | 0.85 | ||
Non-jhum cultivators | 18 | 280 | 0.95 | 37 | 0.17 | ||
Total | 24,074 | 464 | 1.23 | 68 | 0.24 |
Incidence is reported as the number of Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT)- or blood smear-positive symptomatic P. falciparum cases per 1,000 per month.