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

Table 2 **SMRC5000* per person-year in subjects of all ages at follow-up (all subjects diagnosed at any time with asymptomatic carriage)**

Study arm	Ethnicity	Number of SMRC5000	Person-year observed	SMRC5000 per person-year
Intervention (n = 2,740)	Mossi	722	1928.1	0.37
Intervention (n = 2,740)	Fulani	57	116.8	0.49
Control (n = 1,381)	Mossi	257	1024.2	0.25
Control (n = 1,381)	Fulani	14	29.2	0.48

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

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