Table 1.
Characteristics of the groups and malaria cases
| Group | Country of stay | Dates of stay (MM/YY) Start End |
Type of stay | Nb of subjects | Nb of men | Age: median (25%-75% quantile) | Nb of clinical malaria cases during or after the stay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivory Coast | 02/04 | 06/04 | Field | 144 | 143 | 26 (25 - 29) | 3 |
| 2 | Djibouti | 01/05 | 05/05 | Training | 115 | 114 | 23 (27 - 30) | 0 |
| 3 | CAR | 02/05 | 05/05 | Field | 115 | 115 | 26 (23 - 29) | 2 |
| 4 | Ivory Coast | 02/05 | 05/05 | Field | 108 | 108 | 22 (21 - 26) | 1 |
| 5 | Ivory Coast | 02/05 | 05/05 | Field | 95 | 95 | 22 (20 - 24) | 1 |
| 6 | Ivory Coast | 02/05 | 05/05 | Field | 73 | 72 | 23 (22 - 26) | 1 |
| 7 | Senegal | 06/05 | 09/05 | Training | 133 | 132 | 26 (22 - 30) | 0 |
| 8 | Ivory Coast | 06/08 | 09/05 | Field | 84 | 84 | 25 (22 - 28.5) | 0 |
| 9 | Ivory Coast | 06/08 | 09/05 | Field | 72 | 66 | 24 (22.5 - 28.5) | 1 |
| 10 | Chad | 10/05 | 01/06 | Field | 134 | 130 | 24 (21 - 27) | 2 |
| 11 | Senegal | 02/06 | 05/06 | Training | 102 | 100 | 25 (22 - 28) | 0 |
| 12 | Chad | 02/06 | 05/06 | Field | 82 | 77 | 25 (22 - 29) | 1 |
| 13 | Gabon | 07/06 | 11/06 | Training | 93 | 93 | 23.5 (21- 29) | 1 |
| 14 | Gabon | 07/06 | 11/06 | Training | 113 | 113 | 24 (21 - 29) | 2 |
| 15 | Chad | 06/06 | 09/06 | Field | 189 | 185 | 24 (21 - 29) | 0 |
| 16 | Gabon | 12/06 | 04/07 | Training | 125 | 123 | 25 (22 - 30) | 0 |
| 17 | Gabon | 12/06 | 04/07 | Training | 135 | 133 | 24 (22 - 31) | 1 |
| 18 | CAR | 06/07 | 09/07 | Field | 102 | 102 | 23 (20 - 29) | 1 |
| 19 | Ivory Coast | 06/07 | 09/07 | Field | 94 | 92 | 22 (20 - 25) | 3 |
| 20 | Ivory Coast | 06/07 | 09/07 | Field | 97 | 96 | 23 (21 - 28) | 4 |
| Total | 02/04 | 09/07 | 2205 | 2173 | 24 (22 - 29) | 24 | ||
Nb: number; CAR: Central African Republic.