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Table 1 Parasites densities in clinical cases and community controls

From: Three different Plasmodium species show similar patterns of clinical tolerance of malaria infection

	CASES		CONTROLS
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
*P. falciparum*
<1	9,480	[640, 39,800]	3000	[740, 14,800]
1	19,880	[4,640, >40,000]	1,200	[160, 5,360]
2–3	21,100	[5,600, >40,000]	1,600	[320, 6,550]
4–6	17,220	[3,520, >40,000]	680	[200, 2,560]
7–9	14,840	[2,440, >40,000]	480	[160, 1,680]
10–19	9,080	[1,100, 31,460]	240	[80, 720]
20+	1,600	[320, 9,610]	160	[80, 440]
*P. vivax*
<1	4,480	[240, 15,260]	120	[70, 1,520]
1	5,540	[1,360, 12,870]	480	[130, 2,960]
2–3	4,500	[920, 12,820]	440	[120, 1,600]
4–6	2,440	[320, 9,120]	200	[120, 640]
7–9	1,280	[200, 7,480]	160	[80, 280]
10–19	300	[80, 3,380]	80	[40, 200]
20+	120	[80, 280]	80	[40, 160]
*P. malariae*
<1	220	[90, 350]	80	[40, 740]
1	420	[120, 1,910]	200	[40, 360]
2–3	1380	[210, 3,360]	320	[120, 800]
4–6	1160	[450, 3,240]	320	[120, 680]
7–9	960	[280, 2,400]	160	[80, 360]
10–19	440	[120, 1760]	120	[60, 200]
20+	120	[80, 480]	80	[40, 160]

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