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. 2020 Jan 30;18:17. doi: 10.1186/s12916-019-1483-6

Table 1.

Description of study contexts

Study abbreviation and country Region (location) Study dates Endemicity setting (mRDT positivity) Number (%) of patients with a positive mRDT result that are under 5 years Health care sector
Number (%) of patients with a positive mRDT result of those tested with mRDT Category
Cam1 [20] Cameroon West Cameroon (Bamenda) October–December 2011 124/598 (20.7) Mod–low 34/124 (27.4) Public/mission
Central Cameroon (Yaoundé) 145/390 (37.2) Mod–low 62/145 (42.8)
Ghan1 [21] Ghana Southeast Ghana (Dangme West) August 2007–December 2008 1308/3631 (36.0) Mod–low 407/1308 (31.1) Public
Nige1 [24] Nigeria South central Nigeria (Udi) July–December 2009; June–December 2011 139/323 (43.0) Mod–high 16/137 (11.7) Public and private retail
South central Nigeria (Enugu) 442/788 (56.1) High 28/434 (6.5)
Tanz1 [23] Tanzania West Tanzania (Mbeya) May–October 2010; April–July 2012 18/128 (14.1) Low 9/18 (50.0) Public
North Tanzania (Mwanza) 46/278 (16.6) Low 34/46 (73.9)
Southeast Tanzania (Mtwara) 173/367 (47.1) Mod–high 110/173 (63.6)
Tanz2 [22] Tanzania Northeast Tanzania (Kilimanjaro) September 2010–January 2011 295/4334 (6.8) Low 51/294 (17.3) Public
Northeast Tanzania (Tanga) February 2011–March 2012 4105/12,963 (31.7) Mod–low 1429/4102 (34.8)
Uga1 [25] Uganda Southeast Uganda (Tororo) April 2011–March 2013 90,269/132,241 (68.3) High 37,339/88,875 (42.0) Public
Uga2 [26] Uganda Southwest Uganda (Nyakishenyi) January–December 2011 37/1128 (3.3) Low 4/35 (11.4)* Community health worker
Southwest Uganda (Bwambara) 3411/7632 (44.7) Mod–high 238/3342 (7.1)*
Uga3 [27] Uganda South central Uganda (Mukono) January–December 2011 5690/9987 (57.0) High 2239/5597 (40.0) Private retail

*Uga2 included only patients aged < 6 years; proportions presented for patients aged < 1 year

Denominators vary to reported number testing positive by mRDT due to missing data for age. Nige1 (Udi: n = 2; Enugu: n = 8), Tanz2 (Kilimanjaro: n = 1; Tanga: n = 3), Uga1 (n = 1394), Uga2 (Bwambara: n = 22), Uga3 (n = 28)