Table 1 Demographic and parasitological parameters

Number of individuals (N)

n = 99

Gender,% male (n/total)

55.6% (55/99)

Age in year, median (range)

7 (2–14)

Haemoglobin (g/dL), median (range)

11.6 (7.3-14.5)

11 (7.4-14.3)

11.6 (6.5-14.6)

12.2 (5.7-16.3)

Anaemia,% Hb <11 g/dL (n/total)

26.3% (26/99)

47.5% (47/99)

27.3% (27/99)

13.3% (13/98)^a

Thick smear positive (%, n/total)

18.2% (18/99)

27.6% (27/98)^a

20.2% (20/99)

10.8% (10/93)^a

PCR positive (%, n/total)

n.d.

78.6% (77/98)^a

43.6% (41/94)^a

n.d.

Parasitaemia in thick-smear positive individuals (n = 35), median (range)

12,900 (100–51,300)

3,150 (100–132,275)

1,262 (100–58,675)

1,325 (100–7775)