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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants in household and health facility-based surveys, Butajira area, Ethiopia, 2008-2010

From: Evaluation of CareStart™ malaria Pf/Pv combo test for Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria diagnosis in Butajira area, south-central Ethiopia

Factors

Household survey (N = 796), n%

Microscopy positive (n = 87), n(%)

Health centres (N = 1,598), n (%)

Microscopy positive (n = 392), n(%)

Age groups

    

<5

178 (22.4)

27 (31.0)

495 (31.0)

117 (29.8)

5-9

150 (18.8)

28 (32.2)

293 (18.0)

84 (21.4)

10-14

86 (10.8)

10 (11.5)

179 (11.2)

56 (14.3)

≥15

382 (48.0)

22 (25.3)

63 (39.5)

135 (34.4)

Gender

    

Male

382 (48.0)

48 (55.2)

754 (47.2)

203 (51.8)

Female

414 (52.0)

39 (44.8)

844 (52.8)

189 (48.2)

Seasons

    

Oct.-Nov.2008

603 (75.7)

17 (19.5)

  

Oct. 2008

  

63 (3.9)

9 (2.3)

Nov.2008

  

18 (1.1)

12 (3.1)

Jan.-Feb.2009

46 (5.8)

2 (2.3)

  

Jun.-Jul. 2009

46 (5.8)

9 (10.3)

  

Aug. 2009

  

156 (9.8)

76 (19.4)

Sept. 2009

  

28 (1.8)

13 (3.3)

Oct.-Nov.2009

100 (12.6)

58 (66.7)

  

Oct.2009

  

721 (45.1)

201 (51.3)

Nov.2009

  

521 (32.6)

78 (19.9)

Dec.2009

  

91 (5.7)

3 (0.8)

Jan.-Feb.2010

0

   

Jun.2010

1 (0.1)

1 (1.0)