Table 3.
The fraction of Plasmodium-infected patients among the symptomatic populations (MAFE) attending the health centres along the altitudinal transect
| Localities (Altitude) | Number of symptomatic patients (%) | Plasmodium infections among the febrile outpatients examined | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asexual parasite prevalence | Sexual parasite prevalence | Mixed infections | Overall parasite prevalence (MAFE)* | ||
| (MD ± SD) | (MD ± SD) | (No of patients) | (MD ± SD) | ||
| Santchou (750 m) | 341a | 71.18% | 8.21% | 2.32% | 77.07%a |
| (50.37%)a | (14569 ± 11786) | (25.43 ± 5.49) | (n =8) | (14597 ± 8407) | |
| Dschang (1400 m) | 966b | 74.94% | 1.14% | 0.21% | 75.81%a |
| (39.78%)b | (11553 ± 1548) | (44.00 ± 3.23) | (n =2) | (11599 ± 10868) | |
| Djuttitsa (1965 m) | 169c | 74.43% | 4.7% | 0.00% | 78.13%a |
| (22.96%)c | (6234 ± 11425) | (26.00 ± 2.91) | (n =0) | (6262 ± 8125) | |
| Total | 1476 | 73.89% | 3.18% | 0.68% | 77.07% |
| (38.43%) | (14954 ± 13835) | (29.36 ± 3.72) | (n =10) | (14983 ± 13845) | |
MD: Mean density, SD: Standard deviation.
*The numbers in the same column sharing different letter superscripts (a, b or c) differ significantly (p < 0.05).