Table 1. Participant characteristics and Plasmodium spp. infection status by control/intervention periods (n = 32,194 RDTs).
| Participant characteristic | Control period (n = 18,385) |
Intervention period (n = 13,809) |
|---|---|---|
| Age, years, median [p25, p75] | 18 [9, 32] | 18 [9, 33] |
| Female, n (%) | 9,045 (49.2) | 7,033 (50.9) |
| Pregnancy, n (%) | 62 (0.69) | 54 (0.77) |
| Season, n (%) | ||
| Cool | 2,869 (15.6) | 4,277 (31.0) |
| Hot | 3,260 (17.7) | 2,462 (17.8) |
| Rainy | 12,256 (66.7) | 7,070 (51.2) |
| Residential status, n (%)* | ||
| Migrant | 2,817 (15.3) | 1,598 (11.6) |
| Resident | 8,733 (47.5) | 6,050 (43.8) |
| Forest dweller | 6,833 (37.2) | 6,160 (44.6) |
| Infection status, n (%) | ||
| RDT | ||
| No infection | 18,351 (99.8) | 13,793 (99.9) |
| P. falciparum | 9 (0.05) | 4 (0.03) |
| P. vivax | 23 (0.13) | 11 (0.08) |
| Mixed species | 2 (0.01) | 1 (0.01) |
| Total infections | 34 (0.18) | 16 (0.12) |
| PCR (n = 13,157) | ||
| No infection | 6,390 (96.1) | 6,348 (97.5) |
| P. falciparum | 116 (1.7) | 91 (1.4) |
| P. vivax | 76 (1.1) | 47 (0.7) |
| Mixed species | 67 (1.0) | 22 (0.3) |
| Total infections | 259 (3.9) | 160 (2.5) |
*Three study participants missing residential status data.
p25, 25th percentile; p75, 75th percentile; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; RDT, rapid diagnostic test.