Table 2.
Prevalence of different malaria species in mothers and children at baseline
| Lake | Village | Mothers | Children | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | P. falciparum % (95% CI) | P. malariae % (95% CI) | P. ovale spp. % (95% CI) | N | P. falciparum % (95% CI) | P. malariae % (95% CI) | P. ovale spp. % (95% CI) | ||
| Albert | Bugoigo | 130 | 41·5 (33·40–50·5) | 1·5 (0·2–5·4) | 0 (0–2·8) | 216 | 65·7 (59·0–72·0) | 1·4 (0·3–4·0) | 1·4 (0·3–4·0) |
| Walukuba | 120 | 26·1a (18·4–34·9) | 1·7 (0·2–5·9) | 0 (0–3·0) | 194 | 61·7b (54·4–68·5) | 5·2 (2·5–9·3) | 0·5 (0·01–2·8) | |
| Piida | 82 | 36·6 (26·2–48·0) | 0 (0–4·4) | 0 (0–4·4) | 161 | 67·7 (59·9–74·8) | 6·2 (3·2–10·6) | 0 (0–4·4) | |
| Victoria | Bugoto | 134 | 42·5 (34·0–51·4) | 1·5 (0·2–5·3) | 0 (0–2·7) | 258 | 79·51 (74·0–84·2) | 8·9 (5·7–13·1) | 1·6 (0·4–3·9) |
| Bukoba | 126 | 47·6 (38·7–56·7) | 2·4 (0·5–6·8) | 0·8 (0·02–4·3) | 248 | 87·5 (82·7–91·3) | 14·5 (10·4–19·5) | 8·5 (5·3–12·7) | |
| Lwanika | 70 | 24·2 (14·8–36·0) | 0 (0–5·1) | 0 (0–5·1) | 133 | 79·7 (71·9–86·2) | 3·8 (1·2–8·6) | 3·8 (1·2–8·6) | |
a
N = 119.
b
N = 193.