Volume 13, Number 10—October 2007
THEME ISSUE
Global Poverty and Human Development
Dispatch
Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Rainy Season, Artibonite Valley, Haiti, 2006
Table
Malaria parasite prevalence by demographic characteristics, Artibonite Valley, Haiti, 2006
Characteristic | No. malaria infections identified* | No. respondents tested | Parasite prevalence, %† |
---|---|---|---|
Age, y | |||
<5 | 2 | 91 | 2.2 |
5–9 | 5 | 100 | 4.8 |
10–19 | 2 | 186 | 1.5 |
20–29 | 6 | 95 | 4.7 |
30–39 | 2 | 59 | 3.8 |
40–49 | 3 | 69 | 4.0 |
50–59 | 1 | 42 | 5.1 |
>60 | 1 | 50 | 1.6 |
Unknown | 1 | 22 | 3.5 |
Sex | |||
Male | 15 | 329 | 3.9 |
Female | 8 | 385 | 2.3 |
Temperature | |||
Febrile (>37.5°C)‡ | 9 | 61 | 14.2 |
Nonfebrile | 14 | 647 | 2.1 |
Total | 23 | 714 | 3.1§ |
*Plasmodium falciparum infections only. Results based on PCR, which includes all microscopy-confirmed infections.
†Prevalence point estimates are weighted.
‡Sample size for febrile versus nonfebrile; 6 missing data records.
§95% confidence interval 0.6–5.7.