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Table 1 Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria with sex, age groups and school clusters

From: Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria infection and use of different malaria control measures among primary school children in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania

Covariates

Category

N

Positive

P value

Sex

Male

132

5 (3.8 %)

0.293

Female

185

12 (6.5 %)

 

Age group (years)

6–9

137

8 (5.8 %)

0.742

10–13

180

9 (5.0 %)

 

Clusters

Schools

N

Positive

P value

Swampy areas

Jitegemee

60

2 (3.3 %)

0.012

Peri-urban

Kingolwira

68

9 (13.2 %)

 

Squatter areas

Mafisa A

69

4 (5.8 %)

 

Mount Uluguru

Mlimani

54

2 (3.7 %)

 

Town centre

Uhuru

66

0 (0 %)

 
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