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Table 2 Number of blood slides examined and malaria prevalence by study arm in the baseline and follow-up surveys
| Study arm | Number (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Survey 1 | Survey 2 | |
| Repellent + LLINs group | |||
| People in the households | 3078 | 3079 | 3078 |
| Finger-prick blood slides examined | 2622 (85.2) | 2301 (74.7) | 2497 (81.1) |
| Slides positive for any malaria parasite | 65 (2.5) | 20 (0.9) | 24 (1.0) |
| P. falciparum only | 42 (1.6) | 14 (0.6) | 9 (0.4) |
| P. vivax only | 23 (0.9) | 6 (0.3) | 15 (0.6) |
| Mixed infections (Pf/Pv) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| LLINs alone group | |||
| People in the households | 3004 | 3003 | 3002 |
| Finger-prick blood slides examined | 2600 (86.6) | 2149 (71.6) | 2396 (79.8) |
| Slides positive for any malaria parasite | 31 (1.2) | 13 (0.6) | 23 (1.0) |
| P. falciparum only | 18 (0.7) | 6 (0.3) | 13 (0.5) |
| P. vivax only | 12 (0.5) | 7 (0.3) | 10 (0.4) |
| Mixed infections (Pf/Pv) | 1 (0.04) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Total | |||
| People in the households | 6082 | 6082 | 6080 |
| Finger-prick blood slides examined | 5222 (85.9) | 4450 (73.2) | 4893 (80.5) |
| Slides positive for any malaria parasite | 96 (1.8) | 33 (0.7) | 47 (1.0) |
| P. falciparum only | 60 (1.1) | 20 (0.4) | 22 (0.4) |
| P. vivax only | 35 (0.7) | 13 (0.3) | 25 (0.5) |
| Mixed infections (Pf/Pv) | 1 (0.02) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
