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Table 1 Age group-wise prevalence of malaria among symptomatic patients (August – September 2007)

From: The usefulness of a new rapid diagnostic test, the First Response® Malaria Combo (pLDH/HRP2) card test, for malaria diagnosis in the forested belt of central India

Age Groups (yrs)

BSE*

Positive

P. vivax

P. falciparum

SPR†

SfR‡

Pf%§

≤1

7

2

1

1

28.6

14.3

50.0

> 1 through 4

26

8

6

2

30.8

7.7

25.0

> 4 through 8

44

25

10

15

56.8

34.1

60.0

> 8 through 14

57

19

8

11

33.3

19.3

57.9

> 14

157

59

16

43

37.6

27.4

72.9

Total

291

113

41

72

38.8

24.7

63.7

  1. * Blood Slide Examined
  2. † Slide Positivity Rate (number of parasitaemic cases per 100 examined slides)
  3. ‡ Slide falciparum Rate (number of falciparum cases per 100 examined slides)
  4. §Plasmodium falciparum percentage (number of falciparum cases per 100 parasitaemic cases)
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Malaria Journal

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