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Table 1 Malaria prevalence data from the school screenings of asymptomatic individuals (N = 4087)

From: Do the venous blood samples replicate malaria parasite densities found in capillary blood? A field study performed in naturally-infected asymptomatic children in Cameroon

 

N

Gametocyte positive

Asexual parasite positive (%)

Pf (%)

Pf

Pm

Po

Mixed

Transmission season

 Short rainy, 2013

766

10.6

54.3

2.1

0.1

1.7

 Long rainy, 2013

1086

8.2

51.3

4.7

0.3

3.5

 Short rainy, 2014

1008

9.7

49.4

2.6

0.1

1.9

 Long rainy, 2014

1227

7.8

52.6

4.5

0.5

3.7

Age

 04–05

980

10.5

55.6

4.4

0.4

3.6

 06–10

2129

9.6

53.3

3.9

0.2

2.8

 11–15

978

5.8

44.6

2.2

0.2

2.0

Village

 Ekali

1052

7.9

52.8

2.6

0.4

2.3

 Ekoko

209

6.2

53.1

6.2

0

4.3

 Essazok

259

7.3

49.4

1.9

0.8

1.5

 Koumou

419

12.2

47.7

2.6

0

2.1

 Metet

213

7.5

51.2

1.9

0

1.9

 Nkilzok

742

8.4

52.8

4.2

0.1

3.1

 Nkolnda

1193

10.1

57.2

5.3

0.4

3.9

  1. N, number of individuals screened; Pf, P. falciparum; Pm, P. malariae; Po, P. ovale; mixed, mixed species infections