Table 5.

Effect of prevention used against malaria among pregnant women on the MOI in Malagasy coast and highlands

		Coast			Highlands
		N	MOI	p*	N	MOI	p*
Age	<20	20	1.7	0.142	11	1.27	0.418
	≥20	48	1.42		34	1.15
Bed net use	no	9	2	0.028	28	1.14	0.605
	yes	58	1.43		19	1.21
IPTp/SP	no	48	1.52	0.71	29	1.21	0.229
	yes	18	1.44		18	1.01

MOI, multiplicity of infection.

IPTp/SP, Intermittent Presumptive Treatment in pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine.

*Mann Whitney test.