Survey for asymptomatic malaria cases in low transmission settings of Iran under elimination programme

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Blood sampling periods through this study in the southern malaria endemic areas of Iran

Sampling periods in the study	Bashagard*		Ghale-Ganj**
Sampling periods in the study	No. of collected samples	Median age	No. of collected samples	Median age
August 2009 (after the first peak)	500	20	500	18
October 2009 (within the second peak)	474	20	453	18
March 2010 (after the second peak)	456	19	442	18

*Malaria transmission in Bashagard district in Hormozgan province is year-round with two peaks, the first in June-July and the second in September-October.
**Malaria transmission in Ghale-Ganj district in Kerman province is year-round with two peaks, the first from June-July and the second in October.

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