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Table 2 Prevalence of symptoms (fever) and specific Plasmodium species by PCR and serology

From: Malaria epidemiology in central Myanmar: identification of a multi-species asymptomatic reservoir of infection

 

n

Prevalence (95% CIs)

Proportion of current infection (%)

Fever

89

4.9 (3.5–7.1)

3/89 (3.4%)

PCR

 Any Plasmodium species

41

2.6 (1.5–4.3)

100a

 P. falciparum

19

(0.4–3.0)

46.3 (28.7–59.1)

 P. knowlesi

16

(0.5–2.2)

39.0 (21.9–51.3)

 P. vivax

7

0.5 (0.1–2.0)

17.1 (2.2–22.2)

 P. malariae

1

0.04 (0.0–0.4)

2.4 (0–7.08)

Seropositive

 P. falciparum

150

9.4 (6.0–15.0)

 

 P. vivax

50

3.1 (1.9–6.3)

 
  1. aIncludes two mixed infections, one P. falciparum and P.vivax, one P. knowlesi and P. vivax, therefore total percentages may not equal 100%