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Table 1 Demographic and parasitology picture of the study population

From: Absence of Plasmodium falciparum artemisinin resistance gene mutations eleven years after the adoption of artemisinin-based combination therapy in Nigeria

Sites/Year of sampling

2004_Group A

2015_Group B

2015_Group C

Sample size

150

217

475

Mean Age

3.83 ± 3

8 ± 3.04

19.74 ± 0.64

Sex ration M:F

1:0.68

1:1.1

1:0.79

No (%) positive for P. falciparum

116 (77)

125 (57.6)

83 (17.47)

Mean Parasite density (cells/ µl)

9061

2866.6

1698.56

No (%) Amplified for Pfkelch 13

71(61.21)

73 (33.64)

36 (7.58)