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Table 1 Demographic, clinical and malariometric characteristics of study participants

From: The shape of the iceberg: quantification of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax parasitaemia and gametocytaemia in five low endemic settings in Ethiopia

 

Ahuri

Andassa

Jawi

Yeboden

Yinesa

Total

Characteristics

 Female sex, % (n/N)

52.3 (57/109)

49.6 (58/117)

48.1 (51/106)

50.9 (56/110)

42.5 (45/106)

48.7 (267/551)

 Age in years, median (25th–75th percentile)

13 (11–14)

12 (11–13)

12 (10–14)

12 (11–13)

12 (10–14)

12 (11–14)

Fever (temperature ≥37.5 °C)

 Survey 1, % (n/N)

0.9 (1/109)

1.7 (2/117)

0

2.8 (3/109)

0

1.1 (6/536)

 Survey 2, % (n/N)

0

0

1.1 (1/94)

ND

ND

0.3 (1/294)

Reported malaria between the two surveys

 

12.2 (12/98)

6.3 (6/96)

25.0 (25/100)

ND

ND

14.6 (43/294)