Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants and description of malaria parasitaemia, Magaria, Niger, 2017–2018
High transmission season (N = 539) | Low transmission season (N = 1407) | |
|---|---|---|
Gender, n (%) | ||
M | 292 (54) | 760 (54) |
F | 247 (46) | 647 (46) |
Age in months | ||
3–11 | 148 (28) | 557 (40) |
12–23 | 166 (31) | 526 (37) |
24–35 | 129 (24) | 205 (14) |
36–47 | 51 (19) | 67 (5) |
48–59 | 45 (8) | 52 (4) |
Median age in months (IQR) | 18 (10–24) | 12 (8–22) |
P. falciparum parasitaemia n (%) | 246 (46) | 155 (11) |
Median parasitaemia (IQR), asexual parasites/µl | 12,684 (2682–50,958) | 624 (119–3010) |
< 200/µl, n (%) | 11 (4) | 54 (35) |
200–1999/µl, n (%) | 42 (17) | 54 (35) |
2000–199,999/µl, n (%) | 179 (73) | 46 (30) |
≥ 200,000/µl, n (%) | 14 (6) | 1 (1) |
P. falciparum gametocytaemia, n (%) | 95 (18) | 79 (6) |