Table 2 Diagnostic procedures performed on enrolled febrile children by health facility type, and by transmission season (early transmission season: July, or peak season: September to November)
| Â | Type of recruiting health facility | Transmission season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public Urban | Public Rural | CHW | Private Urban | Early season | Peak season | |||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Diagnostic method (N = 1601) | ||||||||||||
 No diagnostic method used | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 24 | 7.1% | 6 | 1.0% | 18 | 1.8% |
 Clinical signs/symptoms only | 69 | 16.4% | 306 | 73.0% | 142 | 33.4% | 266 | 79.2% | 253 | 41.6% | 530 | 53.4% |
 Rapid diagnostic test | 101 | 24.0% | 112 | 26.7% | 283 | 66.6% | 11 | 3.3% | 214 | 35.2% | 293 | 29.5% |
 Microscopy | 251 | 59.6% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 35 | 10.4% | 135 | 22.2% | 152 | 15.3% |
Axillary temperature (N = 1602) | ||||||||||||
 Not measured | 37 | 8.8% | 18 | 4.3% | 20 | 4.7% | 17 | 5.1% | 32 | 5.3% | 60 | 6.0% |
  < 37.5 °C | 143 | 34.0% | 60 | 14.3% | 136 | 32.0% | 146 | 43.5% | 189 | 31.0% | 296 | 29.8% |
 37.5–38.4 °C | 99 | 23.5% | 193 | 46.0% | 148 | 34.8% | 101 | 30.1% | 213 | 35.0% | 328 | 33.0% |
 38.5–39.4 °C | 101 | 24.0% | 97 | 23.1% | 102 | 24.0% | 58 | 17.3% | 130 | 21.4% | 228 | 23.0% |
  ≥ 39.5 °C | 41 | 9.7% | 52 | 12.4% | 19 | 4.5% | 14 | 4.2% | 45 | 7.4% | 81 | 8.2% |
Test result, among those tested (N = 794) | ||||||||||||
 Negative for malaria | 88 | 25.0% | 14 | 12.4% | 101 | 35.7% | 12 | 26.1% | 83 | 23.8% | 132 | 29.7% |
 Positive for malaria | 264 | 75.0% | 99 | 87.6% | 179 | 63.3% | 31 | 67.4% | 263 | 75.4% | 310 | 69.7% |
 Invalid | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 1.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.2% |
 Don’t know result | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 6.5% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.5% |