Table 2. Prevalence of Plasmodium malariae and P. falciparum among symptomatic persons, Kenya, June–August 2014 and 2015* .
| Site, patient age, y | No. tested | No. (%) infections |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | P. malariae | P. falciparum | Mixed† | ||
| Chulaimbo | |||||
| <5 | 27 | 18 (66.7) | 2 (7.4) | 15 (55.6) | 0 |
| >5 to <15 | 4 | 3 (75) | 0 | 3 (75) | 0 |
| >15 |
13 |
3 (23.1) |
0 |
3 (23.1) |
0 |
| Kendu Bay | |||||
| <5 | 44 | 38 (86.4) | 0 | 35 (79.5) | 3 (6.8) |
| >5 to <15 | 34 | 31 (91.2) | 0 | 31 (91.2) | 0 |
| >15 |
24 |
23 (95.8) |
0 |
23 (95.8) |
0 |
| Port Victoria | |||||
| ≤5 | 64 | 54 (84.4) | 0 | 51 (79.7) | 3 (4.7) |
| >5 to <15 | 22 | 20 (90.9) | 0 | 20 (90.9) | 0 |
| >15 |
13 |
9 (69.2) |
0 |
9 (69.2) |
0 |
| Total | |||||
| <5 | 135 | 110 (81.5) | 2 (1.5) | 101 (74.8) | 6 (4.4) |
| >5 to <15 | 60 | 54 (90) | 0 | 54 (90) | 0 |
| >15 | 50 | 35 (70) | 0 | 35 (70) | 0 |
*According to nested PCR of the 18S rRNA gene. †P. malariae and P. falciparum.