Table 2.

Parasitological characteristics of study participants by season

	dry N = 1116	wet N = 1743
Parasitological data			P value
Parasite prevalence	151/1116 (13.5%)	305/1743 (17.5%)	0.0047*
Geometric mean parasite density	7.29 [4.18–12.7]	8.98 [5.92–13.6]	0.5620
Proportion subpatent infections (< 100 parasites/μL)	111/151 (73.5%)	218/305 (71.5%)	0.6483
Population gametocyte prevalence	51/1116 (4.6%)	68/1743 (3.9%)	0.3826
Proportion gametocyte positive infections	51/151 (33.8%)	68/305 (22.3%)	0.0086*
Geometric mean pfs25 density	1.05 [0.76–1.46]	3.46 [2.00–5.97]	< 0.0001*

Data for both sites combined. Numbers in brackets are 95% confidence intervals; asterisk (*) indicate significant at P < 0.05; densities are determined using T-test; and differences in prevalence using the Chi-Square test