Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the children with P. falciparum-positive samples

	Sex		Age (years)		Clinical status		Site (HZ)
Median (IQR)			9 (7–11)
	Female	Male	6–9	10–14	Asymptomatic	Symptomatic	Rural	Urban
n	219	219	264	174	248	190	261	177
(%)	50.0	50.0	60.3	39.7	56.6	43.4	59.6	40.4

n number of samples