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Data from village surveys and the clinic on reported fever and malaria infection. |
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Fever reported |
Fever not reported |
Fisher's exact tests of association of fever with infection |
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| Village surveys, age <15 yrs |
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| P. falciparum +ve |
2 (3.2%) |
3 (0.54%) |
P = 0.082 |
| P. vivax +ve |
7(11.1%) |
3 (0.54%) |
P = 0.000007 |
| Total slides |
63 |
560 |
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| Village surveys, age >14 yrs |
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| P. falciparum +ve |
9 (1.8%) |
10 (0.24%) |
P = 0.00006 |
| P. vivax +ve |
10 (2.0%) |
8 (0.19%) |
P = 0.000003 |
| Total slides |
498 |
4106 |
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| Clinic (age >14 yrs) |
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| P. falciparum +ve |
39 (45.35%) |
10 (66.67%) |
χ2 = 0.39, P = 0.53 |
| P. vivax +ve |
47 (54.65%) |
5 (33.33%) |
χ2 = 0.14, P = 0.51 |
| Total slides |
86 |
15 |
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Pethleart et al. Malaria Journal 2004 3:34 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-3-34 |
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