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Table 1 Basic demographic characteristics of the study population

From: Estimation on local transmission of malaria by serological approach under low transmission setting in Myanmar

Total recruited participants

1182

Age in year (median, IQR)

30 (18–45)

Sex (M:F)

4:5

History of malaria (n, %)

549 (46.4)

History of malaria within 1 year (n, %)

71 (6.0)

History of malaria within 1–3 years (n, %)

215 (18.2)

History of malaria more than 3 years (n, %)

263 (22.2)

Visit 1 (V1) collection (n = 1182, 100.0%)

 All asymptomatic casesa

30 (2.5%)

 P. vivax

24

 P. falciparum

4

 P. malariae

2

Visit 2 (V2) collection (n = 894, 75.6%)

 Asymptomatic cases

6 (0.7%)

 P. vivax

6 (0.7%)

Visit 3 (V3) collection (n = 944, 79.9%)

 Asymptomatic cases

13 (2.5%)

 P. vivax

13 (2.5%)

Visit 4 (V4) collection (n = 889, 75.2%)

 Asymptomatic cases

8 (0.9%)

 P. vivax

8 (0.9%)

  1. aAsymptomatic cases were detected by nested PCR