Table 2 Malaria parasite species stratified by sex and age among 314 study participants in southern Ethiopia
|  |  | Pf(%) | Pv(%) | Pm(%) | Pf + Pv(%) | Pf + Pm(%) | Negative (%) | Total (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 75 (39.7) | 91 (48.1) | 2 (1.1) | 16 (8.5) | 1 (0.5) | 4 (2.1) | 189 (60.2) |
Female | 50 (40) | 63 (50.4) | 0 (0) | 8 (6.4) | 1 (0.8) | 3 (2.4) | 125 (38.9) | |
Age group (years) | ≤ 4 | 29 (43.9) | 32 (48.5) | 1 (1.5) | 4 (6.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0.0) | 66 (21.0) |
5-14 | 55 (35.7) | 81 (52.6) | 1 (0.6) | 12 (7.8) | 1 (0.6) | 4 (2.6) | 154 (49.0) | |
15-28 | 22 (37.3) | 28 (47.5) | 0 (0) | 5 (8.5) | 1 (1.7) | 3 (5.1) | 59 (17.8) | |
29-45 | 13 (46.4) | 12 (42.9) | 0 (0) | 3 (10.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0.0) | 28 (8.9) | |
>46 | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (2.2) |