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Table 2 Cumulative numbers of neighbouring households, individuals, and RDT-positive cases by distance from index households identified through the ground-truth evaluation of reactive screen-and-treat

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

 

140 m

250 m

300 m

350 m

400 m

450 m

500 m

550 m

Households indicated as eligible by CHW (% indicated as eligible)

21 (33)

40 (64)

47 (75)

49 (78)

55 (87)

59 (93)

62 (98)

63 (100)

Households screened by CHW (% households screened)

13 (32)

28 (68)

30 (73)

32 (78)

35 (85)

37 (90)

40 (98)

41 (100)

Residents in screened households (% residents screened)

78 (30)

182 (71)

196 (76)

214 (83)

236 (92)

239 (93)

254 (99)

257 (100)

RDT positive cases in screened households (% RDT positive cases)

1 (8)

12 (92)

12 (92)

13 (100)

13 (100)

13 (100)

13 (100)

13 (100)

  1. RDT rapid diagnostic test, CHW community health worker