Table 1.

Molecular and microscopic estimates of the transmission and dynamics of human Plasmodium falciparum infection

	Molecular criteria	Microscopic criteria	Molecular:microscopic ratio
Infections per person (equivalent to prevalence for microscopy)	0.63 (571/906)	0.37 (331/906)	1.73
Incidence (new infections per person per month)	0.38 (311/829)	0.13 (104/829)	2.99
Clearance (infections cleared per person per month)	0.38 (317/829)	0.14 (116/829)	2.73