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Malaria infection rates in fever cases and controls in Yopougon, as well as odds ratio for parasitaemia, by age groups. Health facility-based surveys. |
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| Fever cases |
Controls |
OR |
95% CI |
P value |
Fractions of malaria-attributable fevers |
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| Age groups |
N = 429 |
N = 383 |
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| Infants 0–1 year |
18/78 (23.1%) |
22/169 (13.0%) |
2.00 |
0.95–4.22 |
<0.05 |
0.12 |
| Children 1–5 years |
61/142 (43.0%) |
16/60 (26.7%) |
2.07 |
1.02–4.24 |
<0.05 |
0.22 |
| Children 6–15 years |
39/89 (43.8%) |
8/35 (22.9%) |
2.63 |
1.00–7.11 |
0.05 |
0.27 |
| Adults >15 years |
31/120 (25.6%) |
17/119 (14.3%) |
2.09 |
1.04–4.25 |
<0.01 |
0.13 |
Wang et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:29 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-29 |
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