Table 4 Prevalence of submicroscopic malaria from study samples collected from Long Malim and Long Wat in 2014 confirmed by semi-nested multiplex PCR
Variable Factor | Long Malim | Long Wat | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of sample tested | PCR positive | PCR positive (%) | No. of sample Tested | PCR positive | PCR positive (%) | No of sample Tested | pcr positive | PCR positive (%) | |
Gender | |||||||||
 Female | 53 | 31 | 58.5 | 62 | 35 | 56.5 | 115 | 66 | 57.4 |
 Male | 59 | 24 | 40.7 | 77 | 28 | 36.4 | 136 | 52 | 38.2 |
Age group | |||||||||
 0–5 y/o (pre-school children) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 6–16 y/o (School children) | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 30 | 17 | 56.7 |
 17 ≥, (household income earners/housewives) | 100 | 48 | 48.0 | 120 | 53 | 44.2 | 220 | 101 | 45.9 |
PCR-confirmed malaria species | |||||||||
 P. falciparum | 55 | 26 | 47.2 | 63 | 24 | 38.1 | 118 | 50 | 42.4 |
 P. vivax | 18 | 32.7 | 21 | 33.3 | 39 | 33.1 | |||
 P. knowlesi | 9 | 16.4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7.6 | |||
 Mixed Pf + Pv | 1 | 1.8 | 16 | 25.4 | 17 | 14.4 | |||
 Mixed Pv + Pk | 1 | 1.8 | 2 | 3.2 | 3 | 2.5 | |||
Total | 112 | 55 | 49.1 | 139 | 63 | 45.3 | 251 | 118 | 47.0 |