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Table 1 Example re-sample results

From: Estimation of malaria parasite reservoir coverage using reactive case detection and active community fever screening from census data with rapid diagnostic tests in southern Zambia: a re-sampling approach

Outcome

Total

Unique

Index cases

354

NA

Households searched

549

401

Persons tested

284

203

True positives found

155

112

False positives found

1

1

True negatives found

122

89

False negatives found

1

1

  1. The total column presents results based on the assumption that each targeted household and individual are searched multiple times if they are identified by association with multiple index cases, whereas the unique column assumes that houses and individuals can only be searched once in a given search period