Table 2.
Asymptomatic Plasmodium carriers' distribution by community, sex, and age group, in April/2008.
| APC age (year) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community | Sex | n | <15 | ≥15 | Total | % | ||||
| Pv | Pf | PFV | Pv | Pf | PFV | |||||
| Male | 149 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 3 | — | 14 | 5.0 | |
| São Sebastião | Female | 130 | 3 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 7 | 2.5 |
| Total | 279 | 5 | — | — | 13 | 3 | — | 21 | 7.5 | |
| Male | 119 | — | — | — | 22 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 15.2 | |
| Vila Amazonas | Female | 79 | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5.6 |
| Total | 198 | — | — | — | 29 | 10 | 2 | 41 | 20.7 | |
| Male | 218 | 4 | — | — | 24 | 3 | — | 31 | 7.9 | |
| Cachoeira do Teotônio | Female | 174 | 4 | — | — | 14 | 2 | — | 20 | 5.1 |
| Total | 392 | 8 | — | — | 38 | 5 | — | 51 | 13.0 | |
APC: asymptomatic Plasmodium carriers. n: population. %: percentage. (—): numeric data equal zero, not rounding result. Pv: Plasmodium vivax. Pf: Plasmodium falciparum. PFV: mixed-species malaria.