Table 3. Proportion of subjects seropositive for antibodies to MSP-119 by background characteristics of participants, season and type of survey.
| Variables | Wet season sero-positives,% (95%CI) | Dry season sero-positives,% (95%CI) | ||
| Community | Health centre | Community | Health centre | |
| Gender | ||||
| Males | 18.9 (16.9,20.8) | 29.0 (26.6,31.4) | 18.9 (16.9,20.8) | 14.3 (12.4,16.2) |
| Females | 22.7 (20.8,24.6) | 36.1 (33.9,38.2) | 22.9 (21.0,24.9) | 25.3 (23.4,27.2) |
| Fever | ||||
| Yes | 21.5 (15.8,28.1) | 36.6 (33.6,39.6) | 11.3 (4.9,21.0) | 14.6 (11.9,17.6) |
| No | 20.9 (19.5,22.3) | 31.6 (29.7,33.5) | 21.2 (19.8,22.6) | 22.1 (20.5,23.6) |
| Patent Parasitaemia | ||||
| Yes | 33.4 (29.0,37.7) | 54.8 (51.6,57.9) | 33.3 (22.8,43.8) | 33.3 (18.9,51.6) |
| No | 19.1 (17.6, 20.4) | 24.7 (23.0,26.4) | 20.7 (19.3,22.1) | 20.6 (19.2,21.9) |
| Gametocytaemia | ||||
| Yes | 40.7 (27.5,53.9) | 70.0 (57.1,82.8) | 28.6 (0.0, 64.7) | 33.3 (0.0,98.6) |
| No | 20.6 (19.2,21.9) | 32.6 (31.0,34.1) | 21.0 (19.6,22.4) | 20.7 (19.3,22.0) |
| Slept under a bednet | ||||
| Yes | 20.6 (19.1,22.0) | 31.0 (29.2,32.70 | 19.8 (18.2,21.3) | 19.0 (17.4,20.6) |
| No | 22.8 (19.0,26.5) | 40.7 (37.1,44.2) | 25.4 (22.2,28.5) | 24.4 (21.8,27.0) |
| Ethnic groups | ||||
| Fula | 27.6 (24.7,30.6) | 44.8 (41.8,47.8) | 29.7 (26.8,32.7) | 33.5 (30.7,36.5) |
| Wolof | 18.8 (14.1,23.9) | 38.2 (33.2,43.2) | 19.5 (14.8,24.9) | 16.2 (12.3,20.6) |
| Mandinka | 19.0 (17.3,20.8) | 26.3 (23.9,28.7) | 17.0 (15.3,18.7) | 14.0 (12.2,16.0) |
| Others | 15.2 (11.1,19.8) | 24.7 (21.3,28.2) | 19.9 (15.5,24.7) | 17.1 (14.4,20.1) |