Table 1 Characteristics of the cohort of 92 individuals living in an area of the Atlantic Forest with residual malaria who were assessed at 3-month intervals between March 2010 and December 2011

Age (years)

32 (14.2–54.7)

–

–

Gender

 Male

–

49

53.3

 Female

–

43

46.7

Place of birth

 Same municipality

–

47

51.1

 Other state

–

20

21.7

 Other municipality without malaria

–

16

17.4

 Other municipality with malaria

–

8

8.7

 Other country

–

1

1.1

Occupations classified in terms of their relationship with rural areas

 Agricultural

–

51

55.4

 Non-agricultural and unrelated

–

28

30.4

 Non-agricultural but related

–

13

14.1

Incursion into the forest in the previous 2 months

 Yes

–

43

46.7

 No

–

49

53.3