Table 1 Prevalence of P. falciparum gametocytes, splenomegaly and geometric mean gametocyte density among individuals who participated in malaria cross sectional surveys in Magoda and Mpapayu villages in Muheza district from 1999 – 2012
Year | Magoda | Mpapayu | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (% under-fives) | With splenomegaly (%) | Pf gametocyte prevalence (%) | G-mean Pf gametocyte density | n (% under-fives) | With splenomegaly (%) | Pf. gametocyte prevalence (%) | G-mean Pf. gametocyte density | |
1999 | 383 (40.4) | 38.6 | 12.1 | 31 | 232 (39.2) | 40.5 | 22 | 40 |
2000 | 352 (27.8) | 21.6 | 6 | 55 | 226 (34.5) | 43.4 | 8 | 85 |
2001 | 352 (42.4) | 45.6 | 7.8 | 95 | 202 (39.1) | 52 | 5 | 62 |
2004 | 392 (36.0) | 23.7 | 5.6 | 21 | 237 (38.7) | 23.6 | 1.7 | 16 |
2008 | 422 (41.2) | 0.7 | 5 | 32 | 268 (36.2) | 1.6 | 2.2 | 49 |
2009 | 512 (33.4) | 2.5 | 3.1 | 23 | 267 (38.2) | 1.9 | 3 | 64 |
2010 | 480 (33.7) | 0.2 | 0.4 | 121 | 273 (34.4) | 1.1 | 0.7 | 22 |
2011 | 482 (26.6) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 560 | 259 (28.2) | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | 459 (26.0) | 0.7 | 0.4 | 52 | 252 (26.6) | 0 | 0.4 | 32 |