Table 2. Sub-microscopic and asymptomatic Plasmodium infection rates, by qPCR/RTqPCR.
Total | Cahuide | Lupuna | |||||
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n/N | % (range)a | n/N | % (range)a | n/N | % (range)a | P-value | |
P.vivax infections | |||||||
Sub-microscopic rate | 380 / 520 | 73 (60–89) | 172 / 210 | 82 (65–100) | 208 / 310 | 67 (55–86) | 0.005 |
Sub-microscopic+gametocytemic rate | 76 / 520 | 15 (9–20) | 26 / 210 | 12 (3–33) | 50 / 310 | 16 (10–39) | 0.235 |
Asymptomatic rateb | 342 / 443 | 77 (72–82) | 139 / 170 | 82 (47–94) | 203 / 273 | 74 (65–87) | 0.071 |
Asymptomatic+gametocytemic rateb | 73 / 443 | 16 (9–21) | 18 / 170 | 11 (2–24) | 55 / 273 | 20 (17–42) | 0.008 |
P.falciparum infections | |||||||
Sub-microscopic rate | 230 / 235 | 98 (88–100) | 147 / 147 | 100 (100–100) | 83 / 88 | 94 (86–100) | 0.003 |
Sub-microscopic+gametocytemic rate | 16 / 235 | 7 (2–50) | 11 / 147 | 7 (3–100) | 5 / 88 | 6 (0–40) | 0.060 |
Asymptomatic rateb | 143 / 173 | 83 (60–90) | 87 / 98 | 89 (84–100) | 56 / 75 | 75 (50–89) | 0.015 |
Asymptomatic+gametocytemic rateb | 12 / 173 | 7 (0–40) | 8 / 98 | 8 (0–100) | 4 / 75 | 5 (0–25) | 0.468 |
a range by survey
bamong those with full clinical data available at the time of visit and during the previous 7 days.