Table 5.
Baseline and sentinel site surveys: antigen positive results by division and subdivision
Division | Subdivision | 1997–2001 | 2002 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||||||
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No. sites | N tested | Ag pos % | No. sites | N tested | Ag pos % | No. sites | N tested | Ag pos % | No. sites | N tested | Ag pos % | ||
Northern | Bua | 1* | 512 | 14.3 | |||||||||
Cakaudrove | 1 | 491 | 27.7 | 1 | 57 | 33.3 | |||||||
Macuata | 1 | 440 | 0.9 | ||||||||||
Central | Naitasiri | 4 | 248 | 26.2 | 1 | 97 | 26.8 | ||||||
Rewa | 21 | 1559 | 11.9 | 6 | 302 | 26.2 | 30 | 2619 | 6.3 | ||||
Serua/Namosi | 5 | 307 | 42.0 | 4 | 233 | 27.0 | 5 | 410 | 14.9 | ||||
Eastern | Kadavu | 7 | 602 | 12.1 | 1 | 166 | 16.3 | ||||||
Lau | 12 | 1300 | 21.5 | 15 | 891 | 23.9 | 3 | 234 | 31.2 | ||||
Lomaiviti | 1 | 551 | 11.6 | ||||||||||
Rotuma | 4 | 163 | 67.5 | 4 | 176 | 35.8 | |||||||
Western | Ba | 12 | 582 | 5.7 | 8 | 583 | 2.1 | 4 | 132 | 7.6 | 1 | 64 | 0.0 |
Nadroga-Navosa | 1 | 525 | 0.2 | ||||||||||
Ra | 1 | 510 | 17.7 |
*Lack of certainty on number of sites