Table.

Parasitological criteria required to prove interrupted transmission for transition from the attack to consolidation phases of malaria control

	Complete interruption of transmission	Maximum allowed with prospects for interruption of transmission within a reasonable time
PR of age-group above 3 years	PRt+1≤0·16PR	PRt+1≤0·22PR
Infant PR as percentage of the total population PR	0%	10%
Prevalence of heavy infection* percentage of the total population PR	0%	7%

PR=parasite rate. PR_t+1=parasite rate in the following year.

^*>1000 parasites per μL blood.