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Journal of Mosquito Research, 2013, Vol.3, No.6, 45
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Table 2 Household possession of at least one insecticide treated net at Kuje
Interv
Control
HH ITN Possession/
ownership
Pre interv
Post interv
Pre interv
Post interv
Freq
%
freq
%
freq
%
Freq
%
Possess
75
58.0
112
100
62
52.5
72
69.9
Do not possess
55
42.0
0
0.0
56
47.5
31
30.1
Total
130
100.0
112
100.0
118
100.0
103
100.0
Mantel Haenszel =52.90, df=1, p=0.0000; X
2
=6.10, df= 1, p=0.01350
Table 3 Children Under five who slept under an ITN the previous night at Kuje
Interv
Control
HH ITN Possession/
ownership
Pre interv
Post interv
Pre interv
Post interv
Freq
%
Freq
%
Freq
%
Freq
%
Yes
74
57.0
93
83.0
54
45.8
60
58.3
No
56
43.0
19
17.0
64
54.2
43
41.7
Total
130
100.0
112
100.0
118
100.0
103
100.0
X
2
= 19.18, df=1, p=0.0000; X
2
=2.88, df=1, p=0.08943
Table 4 Prevalence of malaria in Under five children in Kuje using history of fever
Interv
Control
History of fever
Pre interv
Post interv
Pre interv
Post interv
Freq
%
freq
%
Freq
%
Freq
%
Had fever
9
7.0
1
1.1
7
6.0
18
17.5
Had no fever
121
93.0
94
98.9
111
94.0
85
82.5
Total
130
100.0
95
100.0
118
100.0
103
100.0
Yates corrected X
2
= 3.26, df= 1, p=0.06486; X
2
=6.68, df=1, p=0.0098
Table 5 Prevalence of malaria in Under five children in Kuje using thin blood film before and after the intervention
Interv
Control
Presence of MP
Pre interv
Post interv
Pre interv
Post interv
Freq
%
Freq
%
Freq
%
Freq
%
Yes
51
39.2
3
2.7
26
22.0
33
32.0
No
79
60.8
109
97.3
92
78.0
70
68.0
Total
130
100.0
112
100.0
118
100.0
103
100.0
Yates corrected X
2
=36.92, df =1, p=0.0000; X
2
= 2.54, df=1, p=0.1112
colleagues found a prevalence of 57.3% among
under five children attending PHCs in Jos North LGA
(Adah et al., 2009). Other studies have found
haematological parasitaemia of up to 70% in children
less than one year especially in the peak of the
transmission season in highly endemic areas
(http://www.rollbackmalaria.org). The increase in
prevalence in the control group in this study is likely
to be due to the seasonal increase with the rainy
season in June when the post intervention phase of