Table 2. Distribution of Plasmodium carriage by survey period, age, sex, possession and use of a mosquito net, plasmodial species and presence of gametocytes.
| Pre-campaign 2013
(N=498) |
Post-campaign 2013
(N=491) |
Pre-campaign 2015
(N=547) |
Post-campaign 2013
(N=472) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Plasmodium parasite
carriage |
11.8% (59) | 6.1% (30) | 4.9% (27) | 15.2% (72) |
| Age group | ||||
| • Less than 5 years | 4.6% (23) | 1.4% (7) | 1.6% (9) | 6.1% (29) |
| • 5–10 years | 7.2% (36) | 4.7% (23) | 3.3% (18) | 9.1% (43) |
| • p-value * | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.02 |
| Sex | ||||
| • Girls | 6% (30) | 2.6% (13) | 2.9% (16) | 8.3% (39) |
| • Boys | 5.8% (29) | 3.5% (17) | 2% (11) | 7% (33) |
| • p-value * | 0.497 | 0.473 | 0.199 | 0.34 |
| Slept under LLIN the night before the survey | ||||
| • No | 0 | 0.4% (2) | 2.9% (16) | 6.1% (29) |
| • Yes | 11.8% (59) | 5.7% (28) | 2% (11) | 9.1% (43) |
| • p-value * | 0.301 | 0.127 | 0.38 | 0.004 |
| Parasite species | ||||
| • P. falciparum | 11.5% (57) | 6.1% (30) | 4% (22) | 14.8% (70) |
|
• P. falciparum and
P. malariae |
- | - | 0.4% (2) | 0.2% (1) |
| • P. malariae | 0.4% (2) | - | - | - |
| • P. ovale | - | - | 0.5% (3) | - |
| Gametocytes | 0.6% (3) | - | 0.2% (1) | 1.9% (9) |
*p for comparison between different variables for the same survey