Table 1

Study area characteristics

Site
Elevation
Endemicity
*Population Estimate
Villages of patient origin
Spraying status
Treatment drug

Burma Valley
683 m
mesoendemic
11764
25
Last sprayed 1999
CQ+S/P since 2001
Chitakatira
1211 m
mesoendemic
13245
28
Last sprayed 1998
CQ+S/P since 2003
Sahumani
784 m
mesoendemic
5950
24
Last sprayed 1992
CQ+S/P since 2003
Madhuku
471 m
hyperendemic
11583
39
Ongoing
CQ+S/P since 2001
Mola
≈500 m
hyperendemic
13000
28
Ongoing
CQ+SP since 2001

*2002–2003 population census.

Mharakurwa et al. Malaria Journal 2004 3:35   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-3-35

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