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Table 2 Study population characteristics, malaria diagnostic method and Plasmodium species reported in Mauritania since 2000

From: Malaria prevalence in Mauritania: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author(s)

Characteristics of the study population

Method of Diagnosis

Malaria positive using microscopy

Malaria positive using PCR

N

Type of cases

Age (year)

Sex ratio

Total

Pf

Pv

Po

Pm

Mixed

Total

Pf

Pv

Mixed

Cortes et al. (2003)

862

Malaria suspected

All ages

NG

M

183

153

28

0

0

0

NA

NA

NA

NA

Mint Lekweiry et al. (2009)

237

Malaria suspected

All ages

1.4

M, P

61

1

43

15

0

2 [Pv-Po]

59

1

58

0

Ouldabdallahi et al. (2011)

1431

Malaria suspected

All ages

0.9

M

36

29

7

0

0

0

NA

NA

NA

NA

1040

Asymptomatic

6–14

1.1

9

8

0

0

1

0

Mint Lekweiry et al. (2011)

301

Malaria suspected

0–14

1.3

R, M, P

87

3

84

0

0

0

105

3

102

0

Touray et al. (2012)

371

Asymptomatic

1–5

1.1

R, M

0

0

0

0

0

0

NA

NA

NA

NA

Ould Ahmedou Salem et al. (2015a)

1161

Malaria suspected

All ages

1.1

R, M

631

408

213

2

4

4 [Pf-Pv]

NA

NA

NA

NA

Ould Ahmedou Salem et al. (2015b)

9141

Malaria suspected

All ages

NG

R

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Ouldabdallahi et al. (2015)

7368

Malaria suspected

All ages

0.8

M

672

218

412

34

5

3

NA

NA

NA

NA

Ouldabdallahi et al. (2016)

3445

Asymptomatic

2–9

1.0

R, M

143

71

59

11

2

0

NA

NA

NA

NA

Ba et al. (2016)

472

Malaria positive

All ages

NG

R, P

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

472

296

163

13 [Pf-Pv]

Ba et al. (2017)

759

Malaria suspected

All ages

1.1

R, M

200

127

59

0

0

14

NA

NA

NA

NA

Gbalégba et al. (2018)

9165

Asymptomatic

All ages

0.6

R, M

23a

13

1

0

2

0

NA

NA

NA

NA

Deida et al. (2019)

453

Malaria suspected

All ages

1.2

R, M, P

154

4

140

10

0

0

162

4

120

38 [Pf-Pv]

Diallo et al. (2020)

2326

Malaria suspected

All ages

0.9

R, M, P

1146

1143

0

2

1

0

1361b

1205

47

99 [Pf-Pv]

6 [Pf-Pm]

1 [Pf-Pv-Pm]

Ould Lemrabott et al. (2021)

318

Malaria suspected

All ages

0.9

R, M, P

2

2

0

0

0

0

2

0

2

0

El Moustapha et al. (2023)

1760

Malaria suspected

All ages

0.9

R, M, P

256

NG

NG

NG

NG

NG

291

47

216

28 [Pf-Pv]

  1. Pf: Plasmodium falciparum; Pv: Plasmodium vivax; Po: Plasmodium ovale; Pm: Plasmodium malariae; NA: not applicable; NG: not given; R, rapid diagnostic test for malaria; M: microscopy; P: polymerase chain reaction
  2. aPlasmodium spp. infections could not be identified in 7 positive cases due to the deterioration of the thin blood films
  3. bIncluding 3 P. malariae mono-infection by PCR [3]