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Table 3 Malaria prevalence (both sexual and asexual parasitemia) in symptomatic and asymptomatic children

From: Malaria prevalence in asymptomatic and symptomatic children in Kiwangwa, Bagamoyo district, Tanzania

 

Symptomatic (95%)

Asymptomatic (95%)

Difference (95%)

P value

qPCR

 Asexual

89.0 (84.7 to 93.3)

57.5 (50.6 to 64.4)

31.5 (23.4 to 39.6)

<0.001

 Sexual

3 (1.6 to 5.4)

14 (11.2 to 16.6)

−11.0 (−16.4 to −5.6)

<0.001

RDT

 Asexual

67.5 (61.0 to 74.0)

14 (9.2 to 18.8)

53.5 (45.4 to 61.6)

<0.001

LM

 Asexual

64.5 (57.9 to 71.1)

8 (4.2 to 11.8)

56.5 (48.9 to 64.1)

<0.001

 Sexual

0.5 (−0.5 to 1.5)

2 (0.1 to 3.9)

−1.5 (−3.7 to 0.7)

0.177

  1. P value based on two sample test of proportion