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Table 1 SMRC5000* per person-year in infants and children (under five years) at follow-up (all subjects diagnosed at any time with asymptomatic carriage)

From: Fulani show decreased susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum infection versus Mossi: data from a community-wide screening and treatment of asymptomatic carriers in Burkina Faso

Study arm

Ethnicity

Number of SMRC5000

Person-year observed

SMRC5000 per person-year

Intervention (n = 512)

Mossi

384

350.6

1.10

Fulani

31

32.8

0.95

Control (n = 203)

Mossi

154

149.1

1.03

Fulani

7

9.3

0.76

  1. * SMRC5000 = Symptomatic malaria episodes including fever and a parasite density >5,000/μl.
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Malaria Journal

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