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Volume 21, Number 7—July 2015
Research

Malaria Prevalence among Young Infants in Different Transmission Settings, Africa

Serign J. Ceesay, Lamine Koivogui, Alain Nahum, Makie Abdoulie Taal, Joseph Okebe, Muna Affara, Lama Eugène Kaman, Francis Bohissou, Carine Agbowai, Benoit Gniouma Tolno, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, NFaly Bangoura, Daniel Ahounou, Abdul Khalie Muhammad, Stephan Duparc, Kamal Hamed, David Ubben, Kalifa Bojang, Jane Achan, and Umberto D’AlessandroComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia (S.J. Ceesay, J. Okebe, M. Affara, A. Amambua-Ngwa, A.K. Muhammad, K. Bojang, J. Achan, U. D’Alessandro); Institut National de Santé Publique, Conakry, Guinea (L. Koivogui, L.E. Kaman, B.G. Tolno); Centre de Recherches Entomologiques de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin (A. Nahum, F. Bohissou, C. Agbowai, D. Ahounou); National Public Health Laboratory, Kotu, The Gambia (M.A. Taal); Préfectoral de la santé de Faranah, Guinea (N. Bangoura); Medicines for Malaria Venture, Geneva, Switzerland (S. Duparc, D. Ubben); Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey, USA (K. Hamed); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK (U. D’Alessandro); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (U. D’Alessandro)

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Table 1

Characteristics of children in a study of malaria prevalence among young infants in different transmission settings, Africa

Characteristic The Gambia, N = 2,270 Benin, N = 2,276 Guinea, N = 2,215
Age groups, no. (%)
0–6 mo 734 (32.3) 761 (33.4) 724 (32.7)
1–9 y 768 (33.8) 759 (33.3) 748 (33.8)
10–15 y
 768 (33.8)
 756 (33.2)
 743 (33.5)
Sex, no. (%)
F 1,222 (53.8) 1,189 (52.2) 1,159 (52.3)
M
 1048 (46.2)
 1087 (47.8)
 1056 (47.7)
Mean weight, kg (SD)
0–6 mo 5.8 (3.6) 5.2 (1.5) 5.5 (2.5)
1–9 y 12.8 (3.6) 14.3 (4.1) 14.4 (4.1)
10–15 y
 31.2 (7.5)
 30.1 (7.8)
 31.6 (7.6)
Bed net coverage, no./no. total (%)*
0–6 mo 699/727 (96.1) 678/750 (90.4) 225/723 (31.1)
1–9 y 724/765 (94.6) 656/722 (90.9) 222/746 (29.8)
10–15 y
 642/752 (85.4)
 581/727 (79.9)
 103/740 (13.9)
Fever or history of fever, no./no. total (%)†
0–6 mo 136/732 (18.6) 129/758 (17.0) 282/724 (38.9)
1–9 y 133/768 (17.3) 119/758 (15.7) 359/747 (48.1)
10–15 y
 56/760 (7.4)
 83/756 (11.0)
 221/743(29.7)
Mean hemoglobin level, g/dL (SD)
0–6 mo 11.8 (2.2) 11.3 (2.0) 12.1 (3.7)
1–9 y 10.9 (1.5) 11.2 (1.4) 10.0 (1.7)
10–15 y 12.4 (1.4) 12.3 (1.6) 11.8 (1.4)

*Defined as having slept under a bed net the night before survey.
†History of fever refers to fever in the 24 h before the structured questionnaire was completed.

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