Volume 21, Number 7—July 2015
Research
Malaria Prevalence among Young Infants in Different Transmission Settings, Africa
Table 2
Prevalence of Plasmodium species parasites, by testing method, among children in different transmission settings, Africa
Test method, age group | No./no. total (%) |
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The Gambia, N = 2,270 | Benin, N = 2,276 | Guinea, N = 2,215 | |
Rapid malaria diagnostic test* | |||
0–6 mo | 3/734 (0.4) | 23/761 (3.0) | 161/724 (22.2) |
1–9 y | 11/768 (1.4) | 254/759 (33.5) | 667/748 (89.2) |
10–15 y |
35/768 (4.6) |
317/756 (41.9) |
611/743 (82.2) |
Microscopy | |||
P. falciparum | |||
0–6 mo | 25/734 (3.4) | 25/761 (3.3) | 133/724 (18.4) |
1–9 y | 8/768 (1.0) | 201/759 (26.5) | 574/748 (76.7) |
10–15 y | 21/768 (2.7) | 284/756 (37.6) | 612/743 (82.4) |
P. falciparum gametocytes | |||
0–6 mo | 1/734 (0.1) | 7/761 (0.9) | 61/724 (8.4) |
1–9 y | 2/768 (0.3) | 66/759 (8.7) | 138/748 (18.4) |
10–15 y |
7/768 (0.9) |
70/756 (9.3) |
91/743 (12.2) |
PCR | |||
Plasmodium spp. | |||
0–6 mo | 27/734 (3.7) | 78/761 (10.2) | 157/724 (21.7) |
1–9 y | 18/768 (2.3) | 243/759 (32.0) | 591/748 (79.0) |
10–15 y | 35/768 (4.6) | 324/756 (42.9) | 577/743 (77.7) |
P. falciparum | |||
0–6 mo | 9/734 (1.2) | 41/761 (5.4) | 139/724 (19.2) |
1–9 y | 10/768 (1.3) | 193/759 (25.4) | 531/748 (71.0) |
10–15 y |
25/768 (3.3) |
234/756 (30.9) |
502/743 (67.6) |
*ICT Malaria P.f. Cassette Test (ML01) (ICT Diagnostics, Cape Town, South Africa). |
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