Table 1.

Data from village surveys and the clinic on reported fever and malaria infection.

Slide reading	Fever reported	Fever not reported	Fisher's exact tests of association of fever with infection
	Village surveys, age <15 yrs
P. falciparum +ve	2 (3.2%)	3 (0.54%)	P = 0.082
P. vivax +ve	7(11.1%)	3 (0.54%)	P = 0.000007
Total slides	63	560
	Village surveys, age >14 yrs
P. falciparum +ve	9 (1.8%)	10 (0.24%)	P = 0.00006
P. vivax +ve	10 (2.0%)	8 (0.19%)	P = 0.000003
Total slides	498	4106
	Clinic (age >14 yrs)
P. falciparum +ve	39 (45.35%)	10 (66.67%)	χ2 = 0.39, P = 0.53
P. vivax +ve	47 (54.65%)	5 (33.33%)	χ2 = 0.14, P = 0.51
Total slides	86	15