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Volume 26, Number 1—January 2020
Research

Effect of Acute Illness on Contact Patterns, Malawi, 2017

Judith R. GlynnComments to Author , Estelle McLean, Jullita Malava, Albert Dube, Cynthia Katundu, Amelia C. Crampin, and Steffen Geis
Author affiliations: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK (J.R. Glynn, E. McLean, A.C. Crampin, S. Geis); Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi (E. McLean, J. Malava, A. Dube, C. Katunda, A.C. Crampin, S. Geis)

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Table 2

Number and proportions of patients and caregivers who visited congregate settings in 24-hour periods in study of the effect of acute illness on contact patterns, Malawi, 2017

Setting, date of visit Patients, no. (%)
Caregivers
Age 0–5, y Age 6–17, y Age >18 y
All*
Clinic day 166 84 119 247
Next day 169 85 116 250
2 wk later
165
85
119
248
Church
Clinic day 1 (0.6) 3 (3.6) 2 (1.7) 11 (4.5)
Next day 11 (6.5) 4 (4.7) 5 (4.3) 23 (9.2)
2 wk later
13 (7.9)
10 (11.8)
11 (9.2)
32 (12.9)
Funeral
Clinic day 2 (1.2) 0 1 (0.8) 6 (2.4)
Next day 5 (3.0) 0 2 (1.7) 15 (6.0)
2 wk later
4 (2.4)
0
8 (6.7)
14 (5.6)
Market
Clinic day 45 (27.1) 16 (19.0) 28 (23.5) 86 (34.8)
Next day 14 (8.3) 8 (9.4) 28 (24.1) 68 (27.2)
2 wk later
26 (15.8)
22 (25.9)
52 (43.7)
92 (37.1)
Vehicle
Clinic day 107 (64.5) 50 (59.5) 65 (54.6) 153 (61.9)
Next day 5 (3.0) 4 (4.7) 15 (12.9) 27 (10.8)
2 wk later
15 (9.1)
4 (4.7)
30 (25.2)
33 (13.3)
School
Clinic day 1 (0.6) 2 (2.4) 1 (0.8) 3 (1.2)
Next day 3 (1.8) 10 (11.8) 6 (5.2) 3 (1.2)
2 wk later
12 (7.3)
26 (30.6)
7 (5.9)
5 (2.0)
Any other households
Clinic day 114 (68.7) 47 (56.0) 61 (51.3) 187 (76.1)
Next day 142 (84.0) 68 (80.0) 72 (62.1) 204 (81.6)
2 wk later 155 (93.9) 75 (88.2) 95 (79.8) 225 (90.7)

*Numbers vary between visits because a few persons missed interviews.

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