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Table 1 MOI in the study cohort by month of survey

From: Trends in multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infections among asymptomatic residents in the middle belt of Ghana

Months

Number of samples tested

Successful amplifications

Total alleles

Geometric mean MOI* for cohort

95% confidence interval

Geometric mean MOI*

0 – 4 years

95% conf. interval

Nov/Dec

100

71

131

2.03

1.83 – 2.25

2.13

1.89 – 2.39

Jan/Feb

100

86

230

2.83

2.53 – 3.12

3.08

2.72 – 3.48

Mar/Apr

100

92

279

3.39

3.06 – 3.75

3.37

2.85 – 3.98

May/Jun

100

64

131

1.96

1.75 – 2.20

2.18

1.83 – 2.60

Jul/Aug

100

82

193

2.56

2.3 – 2.85

2.40

2.04 – 2.83

Sep/Oct

100

38

51

1.36

1.25 – 1.48

1.67

1.44 – 1.94

  1. * Overall P value for ANOVA test < 0.001.