Table 4.
Parasitological data on asexual stages of malaria parasites in 692 children of ages 1-8 years of the Emergency Pediatric Unit University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital during the cold dry season
| Season | Months | No. Examined | No. Positive for malaria parasites (%) | No. negative for malaria parasite | Geometric Mean asexual Parasite Density (GMPD) per/ul | Parasite density range (per/ul) | Frequency of patients in density classes (Asexual parasite/ul) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1000 | 1000-5000 | >5000 | |||||||
| Cold Dry Season | Oct | 55 | 14(25.5) | 41(74.5) | 4916 | 16-250,000 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov | 62 | 10 (83.9) | 52 (83.9) | 1,695 | 48-102,564 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dec | 89 | 32(64.1) | 57(64.2) | 655 | 16-1,600 | 31 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jan | 52 | 7 (13.5) | 45(86.5) | 2,720 | 16-176,000 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 4 months | 258 | 63 (24.4) | 195(75.6) | 57 | 1 | 5 | ||