Table 1 Malaria suspected cases, microscopically and PCR confirmed cases in Arba Minch zuria district, southwest Ethiopia (November 2019–Janurary 2020)
Variable | Microscopy results N (n, %) | PCR results N (n, %) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pf | Pv | Mix | −ve | Total | Pf | Pv | Mix | −ve | Total | |
Sex | ||||||||||
Male | 67 (28.0) | 57 (23.8) | 3 (1.3) | 112 (46.9) | 239 | 65 (27.2) | 54 (22.6) | 10 (4.2) | 110 (46.0) | 239 |
Female | 22 (10.6) | 44 (21.2) | 0 (0) | 142 (68.2) | 208 | 19 (9.1) | 48 (23.1) | 2 (1) | 139 (66.8) | 208 |
Age | ||||||||||
5–14 | 24 (20) | 49 (40.8) | 2 (1.7) | 45 (37.5) | 120 | 20 (16.6) | 51 (42.1) | 5 (4.1) | 45 (37.2) | 121 |
≥ 15 | 65 (19.9) | 52 (15.9) | 1 (0.3) | 209 (63.9) | 327 | 64 (19.7) | 51 (15.6) | 7 (2.1) | 204 (62.6) | 326 |
Axillary temperature | ||||||||||
< 37.5 | 49 (13.9) | 56 (17.3) | 1 (0.3) | 217 (67.2) | 323 | 42 (13.1) | 55 (17.1) | 10 (3.1) | 214 (66.7) | 321 |
≥ 37.5 | 40 (32.3) | 45 (36.3) | 2 (1.6) | 37 (29.8) | 124 | 42 (33.3) | 47 (37.3) | 2 (1.6) | 35 (27.8) | 126 |