Table 2 Mean of parasite densities in capillary and venous blood among asymptomatic infections harbouring gametocytes at enrollment (N = 137)
Capillary blood | Venous blood | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gametocyte mean [CI 95%] | Trophozoite mean [CI 95%] | Gametocyte mean [CI 95%] | Trophozoite mean [CI 95%] | |
Sex | ||||
F | 102 [65–236] | 5023 [2982–8505] | 86 [59–163] | 5499 [3277–9194] |
M | 89 [66–129] | 3429 [1817–6 993] | 92 [68–139] | 3626 [2099–7124] |
Age | ||||
04–05 | 58 [24–118] | 10,590 [2061–27,549] | 44 [22–85] | 7839 [2338–18,672] |
06–10 | 106 [76–190] | 4392 [2814–7035] | 97 [71–150] | 5150 [3 359–8 196] |
11–15 | 72 [50–106] | 905 [467–2283] | 82 [57–118] | 1098 [565–2572] |
Village | ||||
Ekali | 166 [98–401] | 3478 [1678–8854] | 141 [90–275] | 4050 [2099–9951] |
Ekoko | 29 [11–57] | 574 [101–1379] | 30 [11–51] | 972 [55–2236] |
Essazok | 65 [29–112] | 653 [142–1954] | 61 [28–123] | 706 [155–1948] |
Koumou | 63 [43–94] | 3449 [1743–6913] | 62 [43–94] | 4330 [2065–9074] |
Metet | 52 [31–78] | 8089 [2678–18,980] | 58 [35–94] | 8626 [3110–20,302] |
Nkilzok | 75 [42–146] | 961 [580–1436] | 75 [42–130] | 1184 [717–1774] |
Nkolnda | 110 [56–257] | 9179 [3673–20,398] | 113 [55–288] | 8113 [3203–17,557] |