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Table 1 Plasmodium falciparum prevalence and parasitaemia at the study sites

From: Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum among school-aged children from the Man region, western Côte d’Ivoire

Village

Altitude (m above sea level)

Sampling date (dd.mm.yyyy)

n

Agea

P. falciparum- infected (%)b

Parasitaemia (95% CI)c

Sandougou-soba

883

13.12.2001

54

10.2 (1.5)

31 (57.4)

80.1 (31.3-204.7)

Mélapleu

529

29.11.2001

78

10.1 (1.9)

69 (88.5)

207.6 (135.1-319.3)

Bloleu

346

07.02.2002

68

10.0 (1.1)

61 (89.7)

227.3 (138.9-371.8)

Bogouiné II

340

29.01.2002

92

10.1 (1.1)

80 (87.0)

331.6 (220.8-498.0)

  1. aAverage in years (SD).
  2. bNumber of P. falciparum-infected children, p < 0.01 (χ2).
  3. cGeometric mean of parasites/μl of blood, p = 0.039 (Kruskal-Wallis test).