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Table 3 Plasmodium species prevalence proportion (as percent) by survey period during intervention period 2009–2014

From: School-based malaria prevalence: informative systematic surveillance measure to assess epidemiological impact of malaria control interventions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

 

May-09

Oct-09

May-10

Oct-10

May-11

Oct-11

May-12

May-13

Oct-13

May-14

Oct-14

Total

P. falciparum (Pf)

81.4%

95.5%

98.7%

93.5%

97.7%

92.2%

90.2%

87.4%

83.7%

79.2%

74.5%

88.5%

P. ovale (Po)

2.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.3%

0.0%

0.0%

1.0%

0.6%

1.8%

1.3%

2.3%

0.8%

P. malariae (Pm)

11.1%

2.2%

0.9%

2.2%

0.6%

3.8%

3.8%

6.0%

6.9%

9.9%

13.1%

5.4%

Pf + Pm

4.5%

2.3%

0.4%

3.4%

1.7%

3.8%

3.6%

4.6%

6.5%

7.0%

8.8%

4.3%

Pf + Po

1.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.6%

0.0%

0.2%

1.0%

1.1%

0.7%

1.6%

0.8%

0.7%

Pf + Po + Pm

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.5%

0.3%

0.4%

1.0%

0.5%

0.3%

Total positive

199

133

223

323

476

447

417

350

276

313

388

3545

Sample size (n)

595

588

728

870

1011

1099

1096

1110

1063

1191

1142

10,493

Prevalence (%)

33.4

22.6

30.6

37.1

47.1

40.7

38.0

31.5

26.09

26.3

34.0

33.8