Malaria parasite species composition of Plasmodium infections among asymptomatic and symptomatic school-age children in rural and urban areas of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Table 2 Comparison of Plasmodium infection prevalence between rural and urban areas among asymptomatic and symptomatic school-age children

Malaria infections	Asymptomatic infection				p-value	Symptomatic infection				p-value
	Rural area (N = 210)		Urban area (N = 217)			Rural area (N = 105)		Urban area (N = 102)
	Number	%	Number	%		Number	%	Number	%
Plasmodium species
Plasmodium spp.	168	80.0	98	45.2	< 0.001	102	97.1	94	92.2	0.11
P. falciparum	161	76.7	87	40.0	< 0.001	101	96.2	92	90.2	0.09
P. malariae^a	66	31.4	19	8.8	< 0.001	8	7.6	18	17.7	0.03
P. avale spp.	35	16.7	11	5.1	< 0.001	19	18.1	14	13.7	0.39
Type of Plasmodium infection
Single infection	96	45.7	82	37.8	< 0.001	80	76.2	70	68.3	0.10
Mixed infection	72	34.3	16	7.4	< 0.001	22	21	24	23.5	0.22

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