Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of schoolchildren in Nyamisati village

Variable name	Values
Gender (female), n (%)	186 (58.7)
Age (years), median (interquartile range)	11 (6–16)
History of fever in the past 2 weeks, n (%)	46 (14.6)
Use of antimalarial drugs 2 weeks before survey, n (%)	21 (6.6)
Use of bed nets, n (%)	259 (82.0)
Anemia (hemoglobin < 11 g/dL), n (%)	56 (17.8)
Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection by:
Polymerase chain reaction, n (%)	58 (18.4)
Malaria rapid diagnostic test, n (%)	52 (16.5)
Microscopy, n (%)	48 (15.2)
Geometric mean parasite density (range)/μL	693.16 (160–88,580)