Table 4.
Cases (n = 175) | Endemic controls (n = 137) | Non-endemic controls (n = 121) | ||||
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% positive (95% CI) | Mean band intensity ± SD (+ve’s) | % positive (95% CI) | Mean band intensity ± SD (+ve’s) | % positive (95% CI) | Mean band intensity (+ve’s) | |
p2G RDT | 89.1 (83.7–92.9) (n = 156) | 2.16 ± 0.94 | 77.4 (69.7–83.6) (n = 106) | 1.69 ± 0.86 | 2.5 (0.8–7.0) (n = 3) | 0.67 |
Band 1 (ISG65) | 86.3 (80.4–90.6) (n = 151) | 2.83 ± 1.08 | 70.1 (61.9–77.1) (n = 96) | 2.36 ± 1.16 | 1.7 (0.5–5.8) (n = 2) | 1 |
Band 2 (rLiTat 1.5) | 66.9 (59.6–73.4) (n = 117) | 2.10 ± 1.05 | 62.0 (53.7–69.7) (n = 85) | 1.54 ± 0.80 | 0.8 (0–4.5) (n = 1) | 2 |
Abbreviation: SD standard deviation
Standard deviation is not shown for the endemic control region owing to the small number of positives