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Table 1 Prevalence of malarial infections (as diagnosed by LM and LDR-FMA assay) in study communities.

From: High sensitivity detection of Plasmodium species reveals positive correlations between infections of different species, shifts in age distribution and reduced local variation in Papua New Guinea

   

Light microscope

LDR – FMA

Area

Village

N

Pf

Pv

Pm

Po

All

Pf

Pv

Pm

Po

All

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Burui

 

489

26.8

9.0

1.8

0.0

36.1

43.4

28.4

4.7

3.1

63.2

 

Jama

203

22.2

8.9

1.0

0.0

32.0

35.0

27.6

2.5

3.4

59.1

 

Sengo

153

29.4

7.2

3.3

0.0

38.6

49.7

22.9

6.5

3.9

62.8

 

Mewi

133

30.8

11.3

1.5

0.0

41.4

48.9

36.1

6.0

1.5

69.9

Wombisa

 

491

29.7

10.8

2.0

0.0

40.5

53.8

32.4

11.4

3.1

72.7

 

Wapins

145

21.4

11.0

2.8

0.0

34.5

49.7

29.0

8.3

4.1

69.7

 

Bangeleko

172

33.7

6.4

1.2

0.0

39.5

58.7

32.6

14.5

1.2

76.7

 

Wombisa

174

32.8

14.9

2.3

0.0

46.6

52.3

35.1

10.9

4.0

71.3

Ulupu

 

521

28.4

17.1

2.5

0.0

43.7

52.2

39.9

10.0

4.8

72.6

 

Malba 1

163

23.3

14.7

0.6

0.0

36.8

50.3

43.6

9.2

3.1

76.1

 

Malba 2

174

28.2

23.0

5.7

0.0

50.0

58.6

40.8

14.4

6.3

74.1

 

Yeniko

184

33.2

13.6

1.1

0.0

44.0

47.8

35.9

6.5

4.9

67.9

Brukham

 

515

35.0

15.9

4.5

0.0

47.8

60.8

39.8

18.1

6.6

77.3

 

Urita

166

28.9

18.7

3.6

0.0

41.6

60.8

45.2

17.5

6.6

78.3

 

Bonohoi

174

32.8

8.6

4.6

0.0

41.4

54.6

33.9

16.1

6.3

71.8

 

Wagarom

175

42.9

20.6

5.1

0.0

60.0

66.9

40.6

20.6

6.9

81.7

Ilaita

 

511

30.0

19.6

8.6

0.0

52.6

63.8

37.2

22.3

6.3

78.7

 

Sunuhu

188

45.2

14.9

15.4

0.0

67.6

78.7

38.8

30.9

9.0

85.7

 

Ilaita 3

148

15.5

18.9

4.1

0.0

36.5

56.1

35.8

14.2

3.4

75.7

 

Ilaita 4

175

24.6

25.1

5.1

0.0

50.3

54.3

36.6

20.0

5.7

73.7

Overall

 

2,527

29.90

14.60

3.90

0.00

44.4

54.90

35.70

13.40

4.80

4.80

  1. Pf = P. falciparum, Pv = P. vivax, Pm = P. malariae, Po = P. ovale