Table 3.
Number of individuals screened, mean age, Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) gametocyte rate, parasite prevalence, spleen rate and geometric mean parasite density (GMPD) by agro-ecosystems and village
| Ecosystem | Village | No. screened | Mean age |
P. falciparum
N (%) |
GMPD/μl | Gametocyte rate | Spleen ratea N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah | Luhindo | 1087 | 12.01 | 301 (27.7) | 228.48 | 1.20 | 288 (27.1) |
| Dakawa | 995 | 13.50 | 206 (20.7) | 161.44 | 0.98 | 105 (10.6) | |
| Total | 2082 | 507 (24.4) | 393 (19.1) | ||||
| Sugarcane | Mtibwa | 1201 | 11.71 | 87 (7.2) | 434.25 | 2.17 | 58 (4.8) |
| Rice-irrigation | Mkindo | 1212 | 12.09 | 557 (46.0) | 204.46 | 4.60 | 199 (16.4) |
| Dihombo | 1125 | 13.42 | 349 (31.0) | 278.64 | 1.73 | 198 (17.6) | |
| Mbogo | 1142 | 12.78 | 470 (41.2) | 322.13 | 1.29 | 204 (17.9) | |
| Komtonga | 1126 | 14.18 | 746 (66.3) | 257.24 | 1.34 | 330 (29.5) | |
| Total | 4605 | 2122 (46.1) | 931 (20.3) | ||||
| Overall | 7888 | 12.79 | 2716 (34.4) | 269.52 | 1.78 | 1382 (17.6) |
aDone for children children ≤ 15 years