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Table 2 Prevalence of antibody reactivity to single and multiple Plasmodium spp. anti-MSP-119

From: Seroepidemiology of Plasmodium species infections in Zimbabwean population

Study area

Overall prevalence (%)

Single Plasmodium spp. response

Multiple Plasmodium spp. response

Single spp. anti-MSP-119 Ab responses

Multiple spp. anti- MSP-119 Ab responses

Falciparum

Malariae

Ovale

Falciparum/malariae only

Falciparum/ ovale only

Falciparum/ vivax only

Malariae/ ovale only

Falciparum/ malariae and ovale

Burma valley (n = 100)

61

30 (49.2)

31 (50.8)

24 (80)

3 (10)

3 (10)

26 (83.9)

2 (6.5)

0

1 (3.1)

2 (6.5)

Mutoko (n = 100)

31

15 (48.4)

16 (51.6)

11 (68.8)

0

4 (31.2)

6 (37.5)

2 (12.5)

0

3 (18.8)

5 (31.2)

Chiredzi (n = 100)

32

23 (71.9)

9 (28.1)

18 (78.3)

3 (13)

2 (8.7)

6 (66.7)

0

1 (11.1)

0

2 (22.2)

  1. Values indicate the number of responders while those in parenthesis are expressed as % of responders in the respective categories
  2. n number of individuals