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Table 2 Community prevalences of asexual P. falciparum parasitaemia by microscopy or RDT; all age groups in May/June

From: From high to low malaria transmission in Zanzibar—challenges and opportunities to achieve elimination

Year

Micheweni district

North A district

Tested

Positive

Positivity rates (95% CI)

Tested

Positive

Positivity rates (95% CI)

2003

1189

172

14.5% (12.5–16.6)

2167

174

8.0% (6.9–9.3)

2005

1241

135

10.9% (9.2–2.7)

1503

48

3.2% (2.4–4.2)

2006

1182

56

4.7% (3.6–6.1)

1433

12

0.8% (0.4–1.5)

2007

1575

15

1.0% (0.5–1.6)

1499

0

0.0% (0.0–0.2)

2008

2091

10

0.5% (0.2–0.9)

1746

4

0.2% (0.1–0.6)

2009

1539

0

0.0% (0–0.2)

1163

0

0.0% (0.0–0.3)

2011*

1271

10

0.8% (0.4–1.4)

1561

2

0.1% (0.0–0.5)

2013*

1579

7

0.4% (0.2–0.9)

1447

3

0.2% (0.0–0.6)

2015*

1515

9

0.6% (0.3–1.1)

1497

4

0.3% (0.1–0.7)

  1. *Malaria diagnosis by RDT instead of blood slide microscopy