Table 2.
Percent of febrile patients qualifying for rapid diagnostic testing according to the algorithm, by age group, transmission season, and malaria transmission risk zone
| Season | Under 5 years | At least 5 years | All ages | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratum (risk zone) | Dry | Rainy | All | Dry | Rainy | All | Dry | Rainy | All |
| Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | |
| North (low) | 46.0 (40.2–51.8) 136/296 |
44.8 (39.8–50.0) 169/377 |
45.3 (41.5–49.2) 305/673 |
60.1 (54.5–65.4) 194/323 |
63.2 (58.4–67.7) 276/437 |
61.8 (58.3–65.3) 470/760 |
53.3 (49.3–57.3) 330/619 |
54.7 (51.2–58.1) 445/814 |
54.1 (51.5–56.7) 775/1433 |
| Centre (moderate) | 46.2 (41.0–51.4) 170/368 |
47.6 (42.6–52.6) 189/397 |
46.9 (43.4–50.5) 359/765 |
75.5 (70.8–79.7) 284/376 |
76.1 (71.5–80.1) 302/398 |
75.7 (72.5–78.7) 586/774 |
61.0 (57.4–64.5) 454/744 |
61.8 (58.4–65.2) 491/795 |
61.4 (58.9–63.8) 945/1539 |
| South (high) | 43.8 (38.1–49.7) 128/292 |
59.6 (54.6–64.4) 236/396 |
52.9 (49.1–56.7) 364/688 |
63.3 (57.9–68.4) 212/335 |
82.4 (78.6–85.7) 388/471 |
74.4 (71.3–77.4) 600/806 |
54.2 (50.2–58.2) 340/627 |
72.0 (68.8–74.9) 624/867 |
64.5 (62.0–66.9) 964/1494 |
| Dakar (heterogeneous) | 33.6 (28.0–39.5) 92/274 |
31.0 (26.6–35.8) 126/406 |
32.1 (28.6–35.7) 218/680 |
58.9 (53.9–63.7) 235/399 |
70.0 (65.8–74.0) 346/494 |
65.1 (61.8–68.2) 581/893 |
48.6 (44.8–52.4) 327/763 |
52.4 (49.1–55.8) 472/900 |
50.8 (48.3–53.3) 799/1573 |
| All | 42.8 (40.0–45.6) 526/1230 |
45.7 (43.2–48.2) 720/1576 |
44.4 (42.6–46.3) 1246/2806 |
64.6 (62.0–67.0) 925/1433 |
72.9 (70.8–75.0) 1312/1800 |
69.2 (67.6–70.8) 2237/3233 |
54.5 (52.6–56.4) 1451/2663 |
60.2 (58.5–61.9) 2032/3376 |
57.7 (56.4–58.9) 3483/6039 |
LCL lower confidence limit, UCL upper confidence limit