Table 1. Baseline characteristics of fever patients and asymptomatic individuals.

	Fever patients (n = 865)	Asymptomatic individuals (n = 465)
Median age	19 (2 months-92 years)	14 (1month-85 years)
Sex male %/female %	42/58	40/60
RDT positive (P. falciparum)	121	13
RDT positive (non P. falciparum)	ND	0
Microscopy positive (all species)	116	ND
Geometric mean parasite density* p/µL	7491 (6–782,400)	ND
PCR positive (all species)	122	65
Geometric mean parasite density** p/µL	ND	10 (0–4972)

*determined by microscopy,

**determined by quantitative PCR,

ND = not done, p/µL = parasites/microliter, values in ( ) = range.