Table 2 Comparaison of attributes of malaria indices by season and survey type
From: Monitoring malaria using health facility based surveys: challenges and limitations
Attributes | Wet season surveys | Dry season surveys | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community | Facility | p-values | Community | Facility | p-values | |
Number (N) | 3870 | 4539 | 3707 | 4098 | ||
Asexual parasites, n (%) | 478 (12.4) | 1088 (24.0) | <0.001 | 80 (2.2) | 46 (1.1) | <0.001 |
Geomean parasite density (μl) | 217 | 12,206 | 337 | 280 | ||
Parasitaemia ≥1000 μl, n (%) | 111 (2.9) | 914 (20.1) | <0.001 | 20 (0.5) | 17 (0.4) | 0.509 |
Sexual parasites, n (%) | 56 (1.45) | 65 (1.43) | 0.939 | 7 (0.2) | 4 (0.1) | 0.250 |
Anti MSP119 (N) | 3517 | 3385 | 3388 | 3365 | ||
Sero-positive, n (%) | 736 (20.9) | 1122 (33.2) | <0.001 | 712 (21.0) | 696 (20.7) | 0.762 |
Temperature (°C) (N) | 3860 | 4497 | 3707 | 4069 | ||
Mean (SD) | 36.8 (0.5) | 37.3 (1.0) | <0.001 | 36.7 (0.4) | 36.9 (0.8) | <0.001 |
Fever (≥37.5 °C), n (%) | 214 (5.5) | 1410 (31.4) | <0.001 | 83 (2.2) | 782 (19.2) | <0.001 |
Haemoglobin (g/dl) (N) | 3821 | 4407 | 3709 | 3970 | ||
Mean (SD) | 11.1 (2.0) | 11.0 (2.7) | 0.060 | 11.6 (1.8) | 11.0 (2.1) | <0.001 |
Anaemia (Hb ≤8), n (%) | 283 (7.4) | 440 (10.0) | <0.001 | 127 (3.4) | 317 (8.0) | <0001 |