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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 24.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Microbe. 2023 Apr 20;4(6):e461–e469. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00063-0

Table 2:

Plasmodium falciparum infections in humans and mosquitos

Survey 1 Survey 2 Survey 3
Humans
Number infected 242 143 166
Mean Ct (SD) 33·3 (5·2) 37·9 (3·9) 37·6 (3·8)
Mean MOI (SD, max); n 2·86 (1·73, 7); 22 2·86 (1·99, 7); 14 2·00 (1·34, 5); 21
Prevalence (95% CI) by concession cluster 53·5% (48·3–58·7) 36·9% (31·3–42·7) 25·8% (22·0–30·0)
Prevalence (95% CI) by village sector cluster 52·7% (44·3–61·0) 37·4% (26·9–49·3) 26·3% (21·9–31·2)
Mosquitoes
Number infected 191 55 100
Mean Ct (SD) 38·6 (4·1) 39·0 (2·9) 37·1 (4·6)
Mean MOI (SD, max); n 3·94 (2·52, 9); 16 2·25 (1·34, 6); 16 2·50 (1·38, 6); 24
Prevalence (95% CI) by concession cluster 18·7% (15·0–22·9) 14·8% (11·7–18·7) 13·2% (9·4–18·1)
Prevalence (95% CI) by village sector cluster 22·2% (14·8–31·9) 14·8% (11·6–18·8) 14·1% (8·0–23·6)

Ct=cycle threshold for qPCR detection of P falciparum targeting the var acidic terminal sequence. MOI=multiplicity of infection, calculated as the maximum number of unique haplotypes at any of four markers for each sample and averaged across all subgroups.