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Table 1 Ground-truth evaluation of reactive screen-and-treat: household and individual characteristics

From: Evaluation of the operational challenges in implementing reactive screen-and-treat and implications of reactive case detection strategies for malaria elimination in a region of low transmission in southern Zambia

 

Index

Neighbouring

Total

Household characteristic

   

Indicated eligible for RCD by CHW (%)

26 (100)

63 (100)

89 (100)

Identified by study staff (%)

26 (100)

56 (89)

82 (92)

Recorded in CHW register (%)

26 (100)

41(65)

67 (75)

Within 140 m of index household (%)

NA

21(33)

NA

Within 140 m of index household in CHW register (%)

NA

13 (21)

NA

Resident characteristic

Indicated eligible for RCD by CHW in 82 households with data (%)

261 (100)

444 (100)

705 (100)

Screened and recorded in CHW register (%)

171 (66)

257 (58)

428 (61)

Within 140 m of index household (%)

NA

165 (37)

NA

Within 140 m of index household in CHW register (%)

NA

100 (23)

NA

RDT positive (% of all RDTs)

37 (22)

13 (5)

50 (12)

RDT negative (% of all RDTs)

134 (78)

244 (95)

378 (88)

  1. RCD reactive case detection, CHW community health worker, RDT rapid diagnostic test