Table 3 Prevalence of malaria and Plasmodium species by PCR in the study area, stratified by seven districts in Gia Lai province, Vietnam
| Â | Total | By district | p-value* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chu Puh | Chu Se | Chu Prong | Duc Co | Ia Grai | Krong Pa | Kong Chro | Â | ||
Samples tested | 3,283 | 600 | 400 | 330 | 530 | 220 | 603 | 600 | Â |
PCR result, n (%) | |||||||||
Negative | 3,226 (98.3) | 592 (98.7) | 400 (100) | 327 (99.1) | 506 (95.5) | 219 (99.6) | 588 (97.5) | 594 (99) | p < 0.001 |
Positive | 57 (1.7) | 8 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.9) | 24 (4.5) | 1 (0.5) | 15 (2.5) | 6 (1) | |
Species, n (%) | |||||||||
Pf | 35 (61.4) | 5 (62.5) | – | – | 17 (70.8) | 1 (100) | 8 (53.3) | 4 (66.7) | p = 0.002 |
Pv | 13 (22.8) | 2 (25) | – | 3 (100) | 7 (29.2) | – | – | 1 (16.7) | |
Pm | 5 (8.8) | – | – | – | – |  | 4 (26.7) | 1 (16.7) | |
Pf & Pv | 1 (1.8) | 1 (12.5) | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Pf & Pm | 3 (5.3) | – | – | – | – | – | 3 (20) | – | |