Table 4.

Gametocyte prevalence rate at enrollment and gametocyte carriage rate (overall and among children without gametocytemia at enrollment)

	2005	2008	2009	2010
Total number of patients	210	206	285	110
Prevalence (%)	17 (8.1%)	4 (1.9%)	9 (3.2%)	4 (3.6%)
Overall gametocyte carriage rate
Person-weeks of follow-up	1,050	1,236	1,710	550
Gametocyte carriage (in weeks)	14	0.4	1.7	1.2
Gametocyte carriage rate (per 1,000 PGW)	13	0.3	1	2
Patients without gametocyte at enrollment
Person-weeks of follow-up	30	18	12	–
Gametocyte carriage (in weeks)	1.4	0.8	0.5	–
Gametocyte carriage rate (per 1,000 PGW)	46	44	42
Gametocytemia at enrollment
Total number of patients
AA	120	104	204	58
AL	90	102	81	52
Prevalence (%)
AA	11 (9.1%)	4 (3.8%)	6 (2.9%)	1 (1.7%)
AL	6 (6.7%)	0	2 (2.5%)	3 (5.8%)