Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of samples (n = 300)

Variable	Frequency	Proportion (%)
Gender
Male	156.90	52.30
Female	143.10	47.70
Age (years)
< 5	122.10	40.70
≥ 5	177.90	59.30
Region
Eastern	170.10	56.70
Western	129.90	43.30
Endemicity
Low transmission	195.90	65.30
Moderate transmission	104.10	34.70
Parasite density (μL)
< 1000	117.00	39.00
≥ 1000	183.00	61.00

< 5 means children under 5 years of age; ≥ 5 means children above 5 years of age. Low transmission means P. falciparum prevalence of ≤ 10% (≤ 10% PfPR), moderate transmission means (10–35% PfPR) based on WHO surveillance guidelines for malaria epidemiological stratification [38]; < 1000 and ≥ 1000 are parasite quantification counted per microlitre of blood