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Table 4 Malaria prevalence (by LM and PCR) by study site

From: Micro-heterogeneity of malaria transmission in the Peruvian Amazon: a baseline assessment underlying a population-based cohort study

 

Lupuna (LUP)

Cahuide (CAH)

Total

n

%

% [95% CI]

n

%

% [95% CI]

n

%

% [95% CI]

Microscopy

 Total analysed samples (N)

829

   

1112

   

1941

   

 P. vivax*

8

1.0

0.4

2.0

30

2.7

1.9

3.9

38

2.0

1.4

2.7

 P. falciparum

2

0.2

0.0

1.0

0

0.0

  

2

0.1

0.0

0.4

 Overall*

10

1.2

0.6

2.3

30

2.7

1.9

3.9

40

2.1

1.5

2.8

 Asymptomatic P. vivax

3

0.4

0.1

1.1

24

2.2

1.4

3.2

27

1.4

0.9

2.0

 Symptomatic P. vivax

5

0.6

0.2

1.5

6

0.5

0.2

1.2

11

0.6

0.3

1.0

 Asymptomatic P. falciparum

1

0.1

0.0

0.8

0

0.0

  

1

0.1

0.0

0.3

 Symptomatic P. falciparum

1

0.1

0.0

0.8

0

0.0

  

1

0.1

0.0

0.3

PCR

 Total analysed samples (N)

777

   

1013

   

1790

   

 P. vivax*

30

3.9

2.7

5.5

63

6.2

4.8

7.9

93

5.2

4.2

6.4

 P. falciparum*

9

1.2

0.6

2.3

26

2.6

1.7

3.8

35

2.0

1.4

2.7

 Overall*

39

5.0

3.6

6.9

89

8.8

7.2

10.7

128

7.2

6.0

8.5

 Asymptomatic P. vivax

20

2.6

1.6

4.0

53

5.2

4.0

6.8

73

4.1

3.2

5.1

 Symptomatic P. vivax

10

1.3

0.7

2.4

10

1.0

0.5

1.9

20

1.1

0.7

1.8

 Asymptomatic P. falciparum

5

0.6

0.2

1.6

23

2.3

1.5

3.4

28

1.6

1.1

2.3

 Symptomatic P. falciparum

4

0.5

0.2

1.4

3

0.3

0.1

0.9

7

0.4

0.2

0.8

 Sub-patent P. vivax

22

2.8

1.8

4.3

41

4.0

3.0

5.5

63

3.5

2.7

4.5

 Patent P. vivax

8

1.0

0.5

2.1

22

2.2

1.4

3.3

30

1.7

1.2

2.4

 Sub-patent P. falciparum

8

1.0

0.5

2.1

26

2.6

1.7

3.8

34

1.9

1.3

2.7

 Patent P. falciparum

1

0.1

0.0

0.8

0

0.0

  

1

0.1

0.0

0.4

  1. * Significant difference between sites (p < 0.05)