Table 2 Prevalence of P. falciparum in blood donors by diagnostic technique

59.0 (< 0.01)

57 (7.4%)

16 (10.7%)

10 (6.1%)

6 (3.9%)

13 (9.3%)

12 (7.4%)

714 (92.6%)

133 (89.3%)

154 (93.9%)

149 (96.1%)

127 (90.7%)

151 (92.6%)

91 (11.8%)

24 (16.1%)

14 (8.5%)

6 (3.9%)

27 (19.3%)

20 (12.3%)

20.0 (< 0.01)

36 (39.6%)^a

9 (37.5%)^a

7 (50.0%)^a

2 (33.3%)^a

10 (37.0%)^a

8 (40.0%)^a

52 (57.1%)^a

13 (51.2%)^a

7 (50.0%)^a

4 (66.7%)^a

17 (63.0%)^a

11 (55.0%)^a

3 (3.3%)^a

2 (8.3%)^a

0 (0.0%)^a

0 (0.0%)^a

0 (0.0%)^a

1 (5.0%)^a

0.71 (0.399)

130 (16.9%)

36 (24.2%)

23 (14.0%)

16 (10.3%)

28 (20.0%)

27 (16.6%)

641 (84.1%)

113 (78.5%)

141 (86.0%)

139 (89.7%)

112 (80.0%)

136 (83.4%)

0.14 (0.707)

135 (17.5%)

38 (25.5%)

23 (14.0%)

16 (10.3%)

30 (21.4%)

28 (17.2%)

636 (82.5%)

111 (74.5%)

141 (86.0%)

139 (89.7%)

110 (78.6%)

135 (82.8%)

139 (18.0%)

37 (24.8%)

23 (14.0%)

17 (11.0%)

31 (22.1%)

31 (19.0%)

632 (82.0%)

112 (75.2%)

141 (86.0%)

138 (89.0%)

109 (77.9%)

132 (81.0%)

34 (4.4%)

8 (5.4%)

4 (2.4%)

0 (0.0%)

14 (10.0%)

8 (4.9%)

31.70 (< 0.01)

73 (9.5%)

20 (13.4%)

13 (7.9%)

10 (6.4%)

15 (10.7%)

15 (9.2%)

1.12 (0.290)

78 (10.1%)

22 (14.7%)

13 (7.9%)

10 (6.4%)

17 (12.1%)

16 (9.8%)

0.22 (0.638)

82 (10.6%)

21 (14.1%)

13 (7.9%)

11 (7.0%)

18 (12.8%)

19 (11.6%)