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Volume 29, Number 6—June 2023
Research

Similar Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and Non–P. falciparum Malaria Infections among Schoolchildren, Tanzania1

Rachel Sendor2, Cedar L. Mitchell2, Frank Chacky, Ally Mohamed, Lwidiko E. Mhamilawa, Fabrizio Molteni, Ssanyu Nyinondi, Bilali Kabula, Humphrey Mkali, Erik J. Reaves, Naomi Serbantez, Chonge Kitojo, Twilumba Makene, Thwai Kyaw, Meredith Muller, Alexis Mwanza, Erin L. Eckert, Jonathan B. Parr, Jessica T. Lin3, Jonathan J. Juliano3Comments to Author , and Billy Ngasala3
Author affiliations: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (R. Sendor, C.L. Mitchell, T. Kyaw, M. Muller, A. Mwanza, J.B. Parr, J.T. Lin, J.J. Juliano); National Malaria Control Programme, Dodoma, Tanzania (F. Chacky, A. Mohamed); Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (L.E. Mhamilawa, T. Makene, B. Ngasala); Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland (F. Molteni); RTI International, Dar es Salaam (S. Nyinondi, B. Kabula, H. Mkali); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dar es Salaam (E.J. Reaves); US Agency for International Development, Dar es Salaam (N. Serbantez, C. Kitojo); RTI International, Washington, DC, USA (E.L. Eckert); Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (B. Ngasala)

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Figure 4

Spatial distribution of regional and school council–level malaria prevalence by species in study of similar prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and non–P. falciparum malaria infections among schoolchildren, Tanzania. A) P. falciparum; B) P. ovale; C) P. malariae; D) P. vivax.

Figure 4. Spatial distribution of regional and school council–level malaria prevalence by species in study of similar prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and non–P. falciparum malaria infections among schoolchildren, Tanzania. A) P. falciparum; B) P. ovale; C) P. malariae; D) P. vivax.

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1Data from this study were presented as a virtual poster at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene conference, November 17–21, 2021.

2These first authors contributed equally to this article.

3These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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