Table 1 Demographic features of participants in the household survey for whom blood samples were available
From: Plasmodium vivax infection: a major determinant of severe anaemia in infancy
N (%) | Gender | Age group (years) | Ethnicity | All | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female not pregnant | Female pregnant | <1 | 1–5 | 5–15 | >15 | Non-Papuan | Highland Papuan | Lowland Papuan | ||
Malaria slide negative | 1530 (81.6) | 1625 (84.2) | 74 (85.1) | 159 (89.8) | 507 (79.0) | 668 (81.4) | 1895 (84.2) | 1582 (86.8) | 813 (77.9) | 834 (81.5) | 3229 (83.0) |
P. falciparum | 166 (8.9) | 142 (7.4) | 7 (8.0) | 5 (2.8) | 50 (7.8) | 70 (8.5) | 190 (8.4) | 117 (6.4) | 106 (10.2) | 92 (9.0) | 315 (8.1) |
P. vivax | 122 (6.5) | 122 (6.3) | 6 (6.9) | 12 (6.8) | 62 (9.7) | 52 (6.3) | 124 (5.5) | 103 (5.7) | 93 (8.9) | 54 (5.3) | 250 (6.4) |
P. malariae | 13 (0.7) | 11 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.5) | 11 (1.3) | 10 (0.4) | 3 (0.2) | 9 (0.9) | 12 (1.2) | 24 (0.6) |
Mixed species | 43 (2.3) | 29 (1.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.6) | 20 (3.1) | 20 (2.4) | 31 (1.4) | 18 (1.0) | 23 (2.2) | 31 (3.0) | 72 (1.9) |
Total | 1874 (48.2) | 1929 (95.7) | 87 (4.3) | 177 (4.6) | 642 (16.5) | 821 (21.1) | 2250 (57.8) | 1823 (46.9) | 1044 (26.8) | 1023 (26.3) | 3890 (100) |