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. 2020 Dec 31;15(12):e0244457. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244457

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the samples.

Variable Frequency (n) Proportion (%)
Age (year)
 <5 148 41.2
 ≥5 211 58.8
Sex
 Male 182 50.7
 Female 177 49.3
Parasite density (μL)
 <1000 145 40.4
 ≥1000 214 59.6
Region
 Eastern 184 51.3
 Western 175 48.7
Endemicity
 Low 249 69.4
 Moderate 110 30.6
Parasitaemia (PCR)
 Positive 332 92.5
 Negative 27 7.5
Gene deletion
pfhrp 2/3 deletion (any) 29 8.1
 No deletion 330 91.9
Parasite species
P. falciparum 300 83.5
Non-P. falciparum 39 10.9
Species composition
P. malariae 25 6.4
P. falciparum 295 82.2
P. ovale 7 1.9
P. falciparum/malariae 2 0.6
P. malariae/ovale 2 0.6
P. falciparum/vivax 2 0.6
P. falciparum/ovale 1 0.3

Frequency is the number of observations, while proportion is the percentage of those observations. <1,000 and ≥1,000 indicate parasite densities of less than 1,000 and more than 1,000 parasites per microlitre of blood, respectively. Mixed infections are samples infected with more than one Plasmodium species.