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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by site, Mozambique 2018

From: Molecular surveillance for polymorphisms associated with artemisinin-based combination therapy resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates collected in Mozambique, 2018

Number of subjects

Massinga

Moatize

Montepuez

Mopeia

Total

39

12

20

38

109

Female sex n (%)

21 (53.8)

5 (41.7)

9 (45.0)

18 (47.4)

53 (48.6)

Age in months (mean ± SD)

28.5 ± 5.4

37.2 ± 16.3

21.8 ± 14.3

29.6 ± 14.4

28.6 ± 15.3

Temperature in °C (mean ± SD)

38.4 ± 0.8

38.7 ± 1.1

38 ± 0.8

37.9 ± 0.4

38.2 ± 0.8

Parasite density geometric mean (range)

28,100 (800–126,800)

52,900 (13,300–181,100)

30,500 (4800–107,500)

41,500 (4300–168,200)

35,100 (800–181,100)

Hb in g/dL (mean ± SD)

8.2 ± 1.7

9.5 ± 1.1

9.6 ± 1.9

9.4 ± 1.6

9 ± 1.7

  1. SD, standard deviation; Hb, haemoglobin