From: Increased detection of Plasmodium knowlesi in Sandakan division, Sabah as revealed by PlasmoNex™
Characteristics | P. falciparum | P. vivax | P. knowlesi | P. malariae | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Gender | ||||||||||
Male | 58 | 84.1 | 27 | 46.6 | 11 | 19.0 | 19 | 32.8 | 1 | 100.0 |
Female | 11 | 15.9 | 6 | 54.5 | 4 | 36.4 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 |
X2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.2 | ||||||
P | 0.627 | 0.200 | 0.113 | 0.661 | ||||||
Age groups | ||||||||||
Children (0–14 years) | 12 | 17.4 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 8.3 |
Adults (>15 years ) | 57 | 82.6 | 27 | 47.4 | 14 | 24.6 | 16 | 28.1 | 0 | 0 |
X2 | 0.03 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 4.8 | ||||||
P | 0.868 | 0.177 | 0.715 | 0.028 | ||||||
Age groups | ||||||||||
0-10 | 8 | 11.6 | 4 | 28.6 | 1 | 7.1 | 2 | 14.3 | 1 | 7.1 |
11-20 | 14 | 20.3 | 6 | 37.5 | 4 | 25.0 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 |
21-30 | 27 | 39.1 | 13 | 41.9 | 7 | 22.6 | 7 | 22.6 | 0 | 0 |
31-40 | 11 | 15.9 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 |
41-50 | 6 | 8.7 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
51-60 | 3 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
X2 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 5.1 | ||||||
P | 0.500 | 0.542 | 0.084 | 0.400 | ||||||
*Total | 69 | 100.0 | 33 | 47.8 | 15 | 21.7 | 20 | 29.0 | 1 | 1.5 |