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Table 2 Data for individuals who were positive by PCR in the 2001–2004 and 2010–2011 surveys in a residual malaria transmission area in an Atlantic Forest system

From: Reassessment of asymptomatic carriers of Plasmodium spp. in an endemic area with a very low incidence of malaria in extra-Amazonian Brazil

Individual

Characteristic

2001–2004 survey

2010–2011 survey

15

Age (years)

11

18

Municipality where individual was living

Santa Maria de Jetibá

Santa Maria de Jetibá

Symptoms

None

None

Species identified by PCR

P. malariae

P. malariae

19

Age (years)

18

24

Municipality where individual was living

Santa Maria de Jetibá

Santa Maria de Jetibá

Symptoms

None

None

Species identified by PCR

P. malariae

P. malariae