Table 1.

Age group-wise prevalence of malaria among symptomatic patients (August – September 2007)

Age Groups (yrs)	BSE*	Positive	P. vivax	P. falciparum	SPR†	SfR‡	Pf%§
≤1	7	2	1	1	28.6	14.3	50.0
> 1 through 4	26	8	6	2	30.8	7.7	25.0
> 4 through 8	44	25	10	15	56.8	34.1	60.0
> 8 through 14	57	19	8	11	33.3	19.3	57.9
> 14	157	59	16	43	37.6	27.4	72.9
Total	291	113	41	72	38.8	24.7	63.7

* Blood Slide Examined

† Slide Positivity Rate (number of parasitaemic cases per 100 examined slides)

‡ Slide falciparum Rate (number of falciparum cases per 100 examined slides)

§Plasmodium falciparum percentage (number of falciparum cases per 100 parasitaemic cases)