Table 2.
Results of malaria test done by VHV and BHS among patient with undifferentiated fever in Myanmar, 2015
| Characteristics | Total | VHV | BHS | p valueb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number tested | Test positive | Number tested | Test positive | Number tested | Test positive | ||
| n | n (%) | n | n (%) | n | n (%) | ||
| Total | 978,735 | 107,617 (11.0) | 270,155 | 30,090 (11.1) | 708,580 | 77,527 (10.9) | 0.005 |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| < 5 | 92,561 | 8917 (9.6) | 21,266 | 3092 (14.5) | 71,295 | 5825 (8.2) | < 0.001 |
| 5–14 | 181,834 | 19,324 (10.6) | 58,906 | 6989 (11.9) | 122,928 | 12,335 (10.0) | < 0.001 |
| ≥ 15 | 704,340 | 79,376 (11.3) | 189,983 | 20,009 (10.5) | 514,357 | 59,367 (11.5) | < 0.001 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 564,619 | 72,716 (12.9) | 152,010 | 19,574 (12.9) | 412,609 | 53,142 (12.9) | 0.978 |
| Female | 414,116 | 34,901 (8.4) | 118,145 | 10,516 (8.9) | 295,971 | 24,385 (8.2) | < 0.001 |
| Pregnancya | |||||||
| Yes | 5644 | 527 (9.3) | 1068 | 191 (18.1) | 4613 | 336 (7.3) | < 0.001 |
All are row percentages
VHV Village health volunteers, BHS Basic health staffs
a Pregnancy status is missing among 34,374 females (VHV-10325 and BHS-24049)
b Chi-squared test compared the malaria positivity between VHV and BHS