Table 5 |
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Prescribed antimalarial drugs to febrile children in clinical algorithm + microscopy intervention arm in relation to blood smear (BS) microscopy results |
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| BS results at PHC (N = 973) |
BS results at MUCHS (N = 934)* |
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| BS positive |
BS negative |
BS positive |
BS negative |
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| Antimalarial prescribed |
No (%) |
No (%) |
No (%) |
No (%) |
| Yes |
526 (99.1) |
50 (11.3) |
285 (78.9) |
264 (46.1) |
| No |
3 (0.5) |
365 (82.6) |
68 (18.8) |
289 (50.4) |
| No record |
2 (0.4) |
27 (6.1) |
8 (2.2) |
20 (3.5) |
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| Total |
531 |
442 |
361 |
573 |
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PHC = Primary health care – laboratory attendant MUCHS = Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences- experienced microscopist * 39 BS results missing/not done at reference laboratory |
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Ngasala et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:199 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-199 |
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