Table 1.
Characteristics of study sites and participants
| Characteristics | Study site | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Walukuba | Kihihi | Nagongera | |
| Annual entomological inoculation rate | 2.8 | 32.0 | 310 |
| Number of study participants | |||
| Children | 283 | 336 | 311 |
| Adults | 114 | 95 | 106 |
| Number of female participants, n (%) | |||
| Children | 138 (48.8 %) | 171 (50.9 %) | 141 (45.3 %) |
| Adults | 107 (93.9 %) | 92 (96.8 %) | 98 (92.5 %) |
| Age in years at the time of routine visits, mean (SD) | |||
| Children | 5.2 (2.7) | 5.6 (2.8) | 5.6 (2.7) |
| Adults | 33.7 (9.9) | 39.0 (13.8) | 39.1 (13.5) |
| Number of routine visits | 2652 | 3372 | 3236 |
| Parasite prevalence by microscopy (%) | |||
| Children | 7.4 | 9.4 | 28.8 |
| Adults | 3.1 | 3.0 | 5.2 |
| Parasite prevalence by microscopy + LAMP (%) | |||
| Children | 21.3 | 31.8 | 69.0 |
| Adults | 18.8 | 24.2 | 53.5 |