Table 1. Association between the IRS and microscopic P. falciparum infection prevalence at the end of the wet and dry seasons.
Survey timing in relation to the IRS and seasonality | Microscopic P. falciparum infection a | ||||
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Unadjusted | Adjusted b | ||||
OR (95% CI) | p-value | aOR (95% CI) | p-value | ||
End of wet season (EWS) | |||||
Pre-IRS (Survey 1, October 2012) | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | |
Post-IRS (Survey 3, October 2015) | 0.51 (0.45–0.58) | < 0.001 | 0.47 (0.40–0.54) | < 0.001 | |
End of dry season (EDS) | |||||
Pre-IRS (Survey 2, May/June 2013) | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | |
Post-IRS (Survey 4, May/June 2016) | 0.41 (0.35–0.47) | < 0.001 | 0.36 (0.31–0.43) | < 0.001 |
OR = odds ratio; aOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval, to deal with the repeated measures the cluster sandwich variance estimator was used
a Participants were excluded from the model if their antimalarial treatment in the previous two weeks was not known: Survey 3 (N = 79) and Survey 4 (N = 12).
b Age group, sex, catchment area, LLIN usage the previous night, and anti-malarial treatment in the previous two weeks are adjusted for in the multivariable logistic regression model.