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. 2012 Feb 2;12:32. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-32

Table 2.

Characteristics of study population

Characteristics Number of children (%) Cumulative incidence (95%CI) Child-months at risk Malaria cases Rate per 100 child-months (95% CI)
Age group

3 - 5 years 39 (41) 20.1% (10, 38.1) 318.82 11 3.5 (1.9, 6.2)

6 - 10 years 27 (28) 22.4% (10.7, 43.2) 226.63 7 3.1 (1.5, 6.5)

11 - 15 years 29 (31) 17.6% (7.7, 37.3) 243.58 5 2.1 (0.9, 4.9)

TOTAL 95 19.8% (13, 29.7) 789.03 23 2.9 (1.9, 4.4)

Clinical malaria is defined as a history of fever or temperature > = 37.5°C and parasite density > = 5000/μl