Table 3 Characteristics of the positive malaria cases (N = 220) in Río Santiago during the ACD III
From: Plasmodium falciparum outbreak in native communities of Condorcanqui, Amazonas, Perú
Plasmodium falciparum | Plasmodium vivax | Mixed infection | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asymptomatic | Symptomatic | Asymptomatic | Symptomatic | Asymptomatic | Symptomatic | |||||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Age group | ||||||||||||||
Children under 5 | 5 | 13.5 | 1 | 11.1 | 18 | 19.4 | 11 | 14.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 15.9 |
Children (5–11) | 12 | 32.4 | 2 | 22.2 | 26 | 28.0 | 24 | 32.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 60.0 | 67 | 30.5 |
Teenagers (12–17) | 3 | 8.1 | 2 | 22.2 | 21 | 22.6 | 16 | 21.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 43 | 19.5 |
Youngsters (18–29) | 2 | 5.4 | 1 | 11.1 | 13 | 14.0 | 15 | 20.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 14.5 |
Adults (30–59) | 14 | 37.8 | 3 | 33.3 | 14 | 15.1 | 7 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 39 | 17.7 |
Seniors (> 60) | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.8 |
Gender | ||||||||||||||
Female | 22 | 59.5 | 9 | 100.0 | 53 | 57.0 | 41 | 54.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 60.0 | 128 | 58.2 |
Male | 15 | 40.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 43.0 | 34 | 45.3 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 92 | 41.8 |
Parasitaemia | ||||||||||||||
High | 16 | 43.2 | 4 | 44.4 | 51 | 54.8 | 63 | 84.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 100.0 | 140 | 63.6 |
Low | 21 | 56.8 | 5 | 55.6 | 42 | 45.2 | 12 | 16.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 80 | 36.4 |
Total | 37 | 80.4 | 9 | 19.6 | 93 | 55.4 | 75 | 44.6 | 1 | 16.7 | 5 | 83.3 | 220 | 100.0 |