Table 1.
Number of mono and multiple infections of the different Plasmodium species.
| Plasmodium species infection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Multiplicity of infection | Number of individuals and % | |
| PCR | Microscopy** | |
| Pf monoinfection | 357 (43) | 239 (28.7) |
| Pm monoinfection | 18 (2) | NA |
| Poc monoinfection | 7 (0.8) | NA |
| Pow monoinfection | 1 (0.1) | NA |
| Mixed infection (Pf + non-falciparum) | 592 (71) | 72 (8.6) |
| Pf + Pm | 123 (14.7) | NA |
| Pf + Poc | 21 (2.5) | NA |
| Pf + Pow | 18 (2.1) | NA |
| Pm + Poc | 1 (0.1) | NA |
| Pf + Pm + Poc | 36 (4.3) | NA |
| Pf + Pm + Pow | 10 (1.1) | NA |
| Pf + Poc + Pow | 4 (0.5) | NA |
| Pf + Pm + Poc + Pow | 5 (0.6) | NA |
| Pan-Plasmodium positive but species negative | 17 (2) | NA |
| Total positive | 618 (74) | 311 (37.3) |
| Total analysed | 834* | 834* |
NA: not applicable (Microscopic result was limited to separating P. falciparum from non-falciparum, therefore each species was not determined by microscopy).
*‘Total analysed’ (N = 834) is the denominator for calculating ‘percentage of individuals infected’.
**Microscopy data already published11.