Table 4.

Bed net use and malaria infections among febrile patient consulting at Kobeni health centre in Hodh Elgharbi region, southeastern Mauritania, during 2015–2017

Bed net usea	N (%)	Number (%) of patients
		Malaria positive	Malaria negative	Odd ratio (95% CI)	P-value
Yes	1637 (71.8)	987 (60.3)	650 (39.7)	1.1 (0.91–1.32)	0.33
No	644 (28.2)	374 (58.1)	270 (41.9)

^aInformation on the use of bed net was available from 2281/2326 (98.1%) patients. Among those who own bed nets, a large majority of patients reported to have both insecticide-impregnated and non-impregnated bed nets