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Table 5 Mean parasite density by age group among individuals with a positive blood slide

From: Performance of HRP-2 based rapid diagnostic test for malaria and its variation with age in an area of intense malaria transmission in southern tanzania

  

Parasite density

Age category (years)

No of observation

Parasites/μL(*)

95% CI

0-4

66

3222

[2196-4726]

5-9

53

1349

[864-2106]

10-24

54

512

[372-706]

25-+

32

335

[206-547]

Total

205

1118

[887-1408]

  1. P value (Anova test) < 0.001
  2. (*) Geometric means of parasites density in positive slides
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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