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Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021
Dispatch

Combined Epidemiologic and Entomologic Survey to Detect Urban Malaria Transmission, Guinea, 2018

Dean SayreComments to Author , Alioune Camara, Yaya Barry, Touré Babacar Deen, Denka Camara, Mohamed Dioubaté, Ibrahima Camara, Kalil Keita, Nouman Diakité, Youssoufa Lo, Ibrahima Bah, Hadja Fanta Camara, Mohamed Saran Condé, Aissata Fofana, Abdoulaye Sarr, Eugène Lama, Seth Irish, and Mateusz Plucinski
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (D. Sayre, A. Sarr, S. Irish, M. Plucinski); National Malaria Control Program, Conakry, Guinea (A. Camara, Y. Barry, T.B. Deen, D. Camara, M. Dioubaté, I. Camara, K. Keita, N. Diakité, Y. Lo, E. Lama); Catholic Relief Services, Conakry (I. Bah); Stop Palu+, Conakry (H.F. Camara, M.S. Condé, A. Fofana); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Conakry (A.Sarr)

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Table 2

Characteristics of persons testing positive for malaria infection, Guinea, 2018*

Characteristic, n/N (%) Conakry
 p value† Dubréka p value‡
Kaloum Dixinn Matam Matoto Ratoma Total
LLIN use previous night, <5 y 0/5 
(0.0) 0/2 
(0.0) 0/2 
(0.0) 1/1 
(100) 0/4 
(0.0) 1/14 (7.1) 0.07 41/60 (68.3) <0.001
LLIN use previous night, >5 y 0/17 (0.0) 0/8 
(0.0) 0/1 
(0.0) 1/4 (25.0) 4/13 (30.8) 5/43 (11.6) 0.042 46/82 (56.1) <0.001
Fever <2 wk of RDT 15/22 (68.2) 3/10 (30.0) 2/3 (66.7) 5/5 
(100) 9/17 (52.9) 34/57 (59.6) 0.092 75/135 (55.6) 0.64
History of travel outside Conakry, <4 wks 4/22 (18.2) 5/10 (50.0) 0/3 
(0.0) 1/5 (20.0) 4/17 (23.5) 14/57 (24.6) 0.37 NA
History of travel outside Conakry, <6 mo 5/22 (22.7) 7/10 (70.0) 0/3 
(0.0) 2/5 (40.0) 9/17 (52.9) 23/57 (40.4) 0.04 NA
No travel outside Conakry within last year 17/22 (77.3) 2/10 (20.0) 1/3 (33.3) 2/5 (40.0) 7/17 (41.2) 29/57 (50.9) 0.016 NA

*In a joint epidemiologic–entomologic investigation of urban malaria transmission in Guinea, participants were tested by using rapid diagnostic test during community screening. LLIN, long-lasting insecticidal net; NA, not applicable; RDT, rapid diagnostic test.
†Comparison of results for communes within Conakry.
‡Comparison of results for Conakry and Dubréka.

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