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Table 4 Proportion of microscopic malaria cases and fever episodes by number of visits

From: Deployment and use of mobile phone technology for real-time reporting of fever cases and malaria treatment failure in areas of declining malaria transmission in Muheza district north-eastern Tanzania

Visits

Number of cases attended

Malaria cases*

Fever

n (%)

OR (95% CI)

n (%)

OR (95% CI)

1

1012

410 (40.5)

 

325 (32.1)

2

435

204 (46.5)

1.3 (1.0–1.6)

150 (34.5)

1.1 (0.9–1.4)

3

183

93 (50.8)

1.5 (1.1–2.1)

66 (36.1)

1.2 (0.9–1. 7)

4–10

148

91 (61.5)

2.3 (1.6–2.3)

39 (26.4)

0.8 (0.5–1.1)

Overall

1778

798 (44.9)

 

580 (32.6)

 
  1. Fever: axillary temperature ≥37.5 °C
  2. OR odds ratio, CI confidence intervals
  3. * Test statistics (χ2 = 27.0, p < 0.001)
  4. χ2 = , 4.4, p = 0.218