Table 2 Variation of parasitaemia* and infection rate in the 61 malaria positive patients
From: Preliminary study of malaria incidence in Nouakchott, Mauritania
Species | Parasite density | Total | Infection rate (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<50 | 50–499 | 500–4,999 | 5,000–49,999 | ≥ 50,000 | |||
P. falciparum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.6 |
P. vivax | 4 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 43 | 70.5** |
P. ovale | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 24.6 |
P. malariae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mixed infection*** | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.3 |
Total | 5 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 61 | 25.7 |