Fig 1.
Map showing study refugee camps in Gambella and Benishangul Gumuz regions, Ethiopia [Kule Camp: represented by a blue diamond; Sherkole Camp: represented by a red diamond; Terkide Camp: represented by a red triangle; Tsore Camp: represented by a green square; Sudan: represented by a light gray color; South Sudan: represented by a dark gray color; Benishangul Gumuz Region: represented by a light blue color and Gambella Region: represented by a dark green color].
The maps were built using the free and open source QGIS software version 3.36.3 (QGIS Development Team (2024). QGIS Geographic Information System, version 3.36.3. Open-Source Geospatial Foundation Project. https://qgis.org) and shapefiles were obtained from the free and open-source site https://data.humdata.org.
Table 1.
Socio demographic characteristics of study participants of selected refugee camps located in Gambella (N = 563) and Benishangul Gumuz (N = 660) regions, Ethiopia, 2023.
Table 2.
Association between sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of participants and DAT positivity in selected refugee camps in Gambella and Benishangul Gumuz regions, Ethiopia, in 2023.
Table 3.
Association between sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and participants’ rtPCR positivity in selected refugee camps in Gambella and Benishangul Gumuz regions, Ethiopia, in 2023.
Fig 2.
Venn diagram of DAT and rtPCR Positivity (n = 90) [DAT+ (Direct Agglutination Test Positive): represented by the yellow circle; rtPCR+ (Real-time PCR Positive): represented by the blue circle and the intersection (23 cases) indicates samples that tested positive in both methods].