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Table 2 Malaria prevalence by sex and age

From: Microscopy and molecular biology for the diagnosis and evaluation of malaria in a hospital in a rural area of Ethiopia

Plasmodium species identified

Children

Female

Male

χ2

P-value

P. falciparum N(%)

6(3.6)

4(2.1)

0

−

−

P. vivax N(%)

12(7.3)

8(4.2)

3(2.6)

−

−

Total N(%)

18(10.9)

12(6.25)

3(2.6)

5.93

0.01