Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte dynamics in areas of different malaria endemicity

Malaria Journal

Table 8 Parameter estimates from the exponential model with gamma frailty for the length of gametocytes carriage, data from Thailand and The Gambia combined, N = 971

	Exp(Coefficient)¹	95% CI	P-value
Study Site
Thailand	0.139	0.099–0.193	< 0.001
The Gambia	1.000
Anaemia	1.266	1.071–1.496	0.006
Treatment with artemisinin derivatives
Thailand	0.725	0.549–0.958	0.024
The Gambia	0.293	0.226–0.380	< 0.001
Presence of gametocytes before treatment
Thailand	0.934	0.704–1.239	0.636
The Gambia	1.723	1.335–2.222	< 0.001

¹ Represents change in length of gametocytes carriage relative to the rest of the population

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