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Table 1 Sections (neighborhoods) of Bo, sectional areas, and number of Mercy Hospital Laboratory patients

Location	Area (km²)	Visits	Location	Area (km²)	Visits
All	30.10	797	New Site North	0.32	4
Kulanda Town *	0.30	274	Fargoya	0.54	3
Samami^†	0.59	55	CKC area^†	0.46	3
Bo No. 2^†	0.48	55	Hangha	0.09	3
Bo No. 2 Extension	1.08		Yemoh Town	0.40	3
Njai Town^†	0.21	47	Kebbie Town	0.28	3
Kissi Town^†	0.20	36	Salina	0.47	2
Sewa Raod area	0.64	33	Fulawahun	0.08	2
Njaboima	1.75	31	Kindia Town	0.15	2
New London	0.60	28	Clerks' Quarter^†	0.08	2
Manjama	0.74	23	Komende	0.20	1
Manjama Extension	0.70		Dodo	0.05	1
Kennedy	0.64	19	Goma	0.27	1
New York	1.51	17	Bo Commercial^†	0.18	1
Simbo Town^†	0.14	16	Bo Airfield	0.43	1
Nduvuibu^†	0.49	15	Tengbewabu	0.68	1
Messima	0.49	15	Old Police Barracks	0.23	1
Bo Central	0.07	13	Toubu	0.02	1
Korwama	0.30	11	New Site South	0.69	1
Kandeh Town	0.54	9	Bunumbu	0.18	1
Kandeh Town Extension	1.32		Brima Town	0.19	0
Kortubguma	0.52	9	VO Vaama	0.15	0
Dorba Ground	0.63	9	Kortumahun	0.35	0
Lewabu	0.48	8	Eastern Police Barracks	0.23	0
Moriba Town	0.25	6	Kpetewoma	0.20	0
Torkpoi Town	0.55	6	Nikibu	0.10	0
Bumpewulo	0.15	6	Kpandobu	0.03	0
Gbondo Town 1	0.72	5	Mulema Town	0.43	0
Gbondo Town 2	0.31		Roma	0.04	0
Reservation	2.33	5	Borbor Kombor	1.22	0
Goba Town^†	0.21	5	Moibawo Farm	0.50	0
Gbanja Town	0.64		Chinese Farm	0.10	0
Gbonda Town^†	0.12	4	Clock tower area	0.11	0
Joe Town 1	0.12		Mendewa	0.47	0
Joe Town 2^†	0.42

Note: The second column shows the areas of each section of Bo; the third column shows the number of people from each section who were tested at the Mercy Hospital Laboratory. (* denotes the section in which Mercy Hospital is located and ^† denotes sections with at least half their area within 1 km of Mercy Hospital. Some adjacent sections are grouped together for visit analysis.)

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