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Table 2 Prevalence of asexual parasitaemia in the community household survey.

From: Malaria morbidity in Papua Indonesia, an area with multidrug resistant Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum

Species

Prevalence % (n/N)

Proportion with Fever % (n)

Geometric Mean Parasite

count per μl-1 [95% CI]

 

Pf

7.5%

(290/3890)

With Fever

34%

(100)

2,409

[1,535–3,781]

P < 0.001

   

Without Fever

66%

(190)

460

[362–583]

 

Pv

6.4%

(248/3890)

With Fever

29%

(73)

1,074

[680–1,698]

P < 0.001

   

Without Fever

71%

(175)

292

[228–374]

 

Pm

0.6%

(24/3890)

With Fever

8%

(2)

577

 

P = 0.295

   

Without Fever

92%

(22)

279

[190–410]

 

Mixed

1.9%

(72/3890)

With Fever

35%

(25)

1,812

[999–3,286]

P = 0.09

   

Without Fever

65%

(47)

971

[629–1,498]

 
  1. Pf: Plasmodium falciparum; Pv: P. vivax; Pm: P. malariae; Mixed: two or more species
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