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Table 2 Overall Plasmodium prevalence in the study population by diagnostic test

From: Microscopic and submicroscopic Plasmodium infections in indigenous and non-indigenous communities in Colombia

Municipality

Overall prevalence

Prevalence detected by microscopy and PCR

Prevalence detected only by PCR

n

%

95% CI

n

%

95% CI

n

%

95% CI

Total n = 713

30

4.21

2.95

5.96

18

2.52

1.59

3.98

12

1.68

0.96

2.94

 P. falciparum

6

0.84

0.38

1.86

3a

0.42

0.14

1.30

3

0.42

0.14

1.30

 P. vivax

22

3.09

2.04

4.65

15b

2.10

1.27

3.46

7

0.98

0.47

2.05

 Mixed infection

2

0.28

0.07

1.12

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

2

0.28

0.07

1.12

El Bagre n = 378

11

2.91

1.62

5.19

2

0.53

0.13

2.10

9

2.38

1.24

4.52

 Indigenous community n = 276

11

3.99

2.22

7.07

2

0.72

0.18

2.86

9

3.26

1.70

6.16

 Non-indigenous community n = 102

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

Turbo n = 335

19

5.67

3.64

8.73

16

4.78

2.94

7.66

3

0.90

0.29

2.75

 Indigenous community n = 157

18

11.46

7.33

17.50

16

10.19

6.32

16.02

2

1.27

0.32

4.98

 Non-indigenous community n = 178

1

0.56

0.08

3.91

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

1

0.56

0.08

3.91

  1. aMedian parasitaemia (IQR: inter quartile range) [parasites/µl]) 360 (40–28,186)
  2. bMedian parasitaemia (IQR) [parasites/µl]) 3147 (2805–15,615)