Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants and description of malaria parasitaemia, Aweil, South Sudan, 2019 (n = 800)
Characteristic | |
|---|---|
Sex, n (%) | |
M | 446 (56) |
F | 354 (44) |
Age in years | |
Under 5, n (%) | 505 (63) |
5–14, n (%) | 295 (37) |
Median age in years (IQR) | 3 (1–7) |
P falciparum parasitaemia by microscopy n (%) | 471 (59) |
Median parasitaemia (IQR), asexual parasites/µl | 38446 (6886–86215) |
< 200/µl, n (%) | 28 (5.9) |
200–1999/µl, n (%) | 51 (10.8) |
2000–199999/µl, n (%) | 367 (77.9) |
≥ 200000/µl, n (%) | 25 (5.3) |
P falciparum gametocytemia by microscopy, n (%) | 93 (11.6) |
P falciparum parasitaemia by PCR n (%) | 542 (68) |
P. falciparum mono-infection | 512 (94.5) |
P. falciparum and P. malariae | 20 (3.7) |
P. falciparum and P. ovale | 3 (0.6) |
P. falciparum and P. vivax | 1 (0.18) |
P. falciparum and P. malariae and P. vivax | 5 (0.9) |
P. falciparum and P. malariae and P. ovale | 1 (0.18) |