Table 2.
Plasmodium species detected by real-time PCR in asymptomatic individuals at the three time points (T1-T3)
| Ambohitromby | Miarinarivo | Total by species (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | T2 | T3 | Total | T1 | T2 | T3 | Total | ||
| Sample size | 173 | 79 | 99 | 351 | 122 | 65 | 52 | 239 | 590 |
| P. falciparum | 17 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 59 (84.3) |
| P. vivax | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 (5.7) |
| P. malariae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (1.4) |
| Mixed infectiona | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (8.6) |
| Total by village and time point (%) | 20 (11.6) | 12 (15.2) | 10 (10.1) | 42 (12.0) | 14 (11.5) | 12 (18.5) | 2 (3.8) | 28 (11.7) | 70 (100) |
aThe 6 mixed infections implicate P. falciparum with P. vivax (4), P. malariae (1) and P. ovale (1)