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Table 1 Prevalence of malaria antigen or anti-malaria IgG antibodies in 1239 Myanmar refugees residing in Bangladesh, April–May 2018

From: Screening for malaria antigen and anti-malarial IgG antibody in forcibly-displaced Myanmar nationals: Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh, 2018

 

IgG to Plasmodium antigen

 

PmMSP1

n/N (%)

PvMSP1

n/N (%)

PfMSP1

n/N (%)

Pf short-term

n/N (%)

Any Plasmodium

n/N (%)

Plasmodium antigen

Camp

      

 Nayapara

2/273 (0.7%)

5/273 (1.8%)

3/273 (1.1%)

2/273 (0.7%)

11/273 (4.0%)

0/273 (0.0%)

 Kutupalong

7/309 (2.3%)

12/309 (3.9%)

4/309 (1.3%)

1/309 (0.3%)

22/309 (7.1%)

0/309 (0.0%)

 Makeshift

13/657 (2.0%)

22/657 (3.4%)

19/657 (2.9%)

10/657 (1.5%)

57/657 (8.7%)

0/657 (0.0%)

Age (years)

      

 1–4

13/567 (2.3%)

15/567 (2.7%)

6/567 (1.1%)

4/567 (0.7%)

34/576 (6.0%)

0/567 (0.0%)

 5–10

2/431 (0.5%)

12/431 (2.8%)

6/431 (1.4%)

4/431 (0.9%)

23/431 (5.3%)

0/431 (0.0%)

 11–14

7/241 (2.9%)

12/241 (5.0%)

14/241 (5.8%)

5/241 (2.1%)

33/241 (13.7%)

0/241 (0.0%)

How long in Bangladesh

      

 1–7 months

0/10 (0.0%)

0/10 (0.0%)

0/10 (0.0%)

0/10 (0.0%)

0/10 (0.0%)

0/10 (0.0%)

 8–10 months

13/640 (2.0%)

23/640 (3.4%)

18/640 (2.8%)

11/640 (1.7%)

57/640 (8.9%)

0/640 (0.0%)

 > 10 months

9/587 (1.5%)

16/587 (2.7%)

8/587 (1.4%)

2/587 (0.3%)

33/587 (5.6%)

0/587 (0.0%)