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Table 2 Rate of Plasmodium vivax (Pv) infections among Duffy negative and Duffy positive individuals in both community-based asymptomatic and passive case surveillance from health centres at two study sites in Ethiopia

From: Epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax in Duffy negatives and Duffy positives from community and health centre collections in Ethiopia

Setting

Site

Duffy negatives

Duffy positives

Rate of Pv in Duffy negatives

Rate of Pv in Duffy positives

P-value*

Community

Arjo

2525

2929

0.04% (1/2525)

0.07% (2/2929)

 > 0.05

 

Gambella

1894

2232

0.26% (5/1894)

5.60% (125/2232)

 < 0.001

Health Centre

Arjo

956

1109

0.21% (2/956)

10.64% (118/1109)

 < 0.001

 

Gambella

1194

1408

0.59% (7/1194)

6.04% (85/1408)

 < 0.001

  1. *P-value calculated via Fishers Exact Test for comparing Rate of Pv in Duffy Negatives to Duffy Positives