Table 3.
Study population characteristics at the household-level.
| Households (Samples/total) | Overall (n = 324/367) | Erdwayane (n = 92/110) | Salamo (n = 113/124) | Dedevit (n = 119/133) | P-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participants per household | 4.8 ± 2.4 | 5.0 ± 2.7 | 5.3 ± 2.2 | 4.1 ± 2.2 | |||
| At least one PCR+ household member (1–9 parasites per ml blood) | 160 (49.4%) | 39 (42.4%) | 74 (65.5%) | 47 (39.5%) | <0.001 | ||
| At least one PCR+ household member (>10 parasites per ml blood) | 55 (17.0%) | 8 (8.7%) | 38 (33.6%) | 9 (7.6%) | <0.001 | ||
| Dase (Resting shelter) | 241 (75.3%) | 64 (71.1%) | 84 (74.3%) | 93 (79.5%) | 0.366 | ||
| Dambe (Animal shed) | 0.177 | ||||||
| None | 119 (37.2%) | 43 (47.8%) | 36 (31.9%) | 40 (34.2%) | |||
| Inside compound | 159 (49.7%) | 37 (41.1%) | 60 (53.1%) | 62 (53.0%) | |||
| Outside compound | 42 (13.1%) | 10 (11.1%) | 17 (15.0%) | 15 (12.8%) | |||
| Stone fence | 220 (68.8%) | 56 (62.2%) | 47 (41.6%) | 117 (100.0%) | <0.001 | ||
| Tin roofed house | 270 (84.4%) | 75 (83.3%) | 79 (69.9%) | 116 (99.1%) | <0.001 | ||
| Any animal (camel, donkey, goat, sheep, dog, cat) | 80 (35.7%) | 28 (40.6%) | 33 (56.9%) | 19 (19.6%) | <0.001 | ||
Number of households (versus number of individuals).
*
Using the Tukey’s post hoc test, Dedevit tended to differ from the other two villages.