Table 3.

Characteristics of the positive malaria cases (N = 220) in Río Santiago during the ACD III

	Plasmodium falciparum				Plasmodium vivax				Mixed infection				Total
	Asymptomatic		Symptomatic		Asymptomatic		Symptomatic		Asymptomatic		Symptomatic
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age group
Children under 5	5	13.5	1	11.1	18	19.4	11	14.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	15.9
Children (5–11)	12	32.4	2	22.2	26	28.0	24	32.0	0	0.0	3	60.0	67	30.5
Teenagers (12–17)	3	8.1	2	22.2	21	22.6	16	21.3	0	0.0	1	20.0	43	19.5
Youngsters (18–29)	2	5.4	1	11.1	13	14.0	15	20.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	32	14.5
Adults (30–59)	14	37.8	3	33.3	14	15.1	7	9.3	0	0.0	1	20.0	39	17.7
Seniors (> 60)	1	2.7	0	0.0	1	1.1	2	2.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	1.8
Gender
Female	22	59.5	9	100.0	53	57.0	41	54.7	0	0.0	3	60.0	128	58.2
Male	15	40.5	0	0.0	40	43.0	34	45.3	1	100.0	2	40.0	92	41.8
Parasitaemia
High	16	43.2	4	44.4	51	54.8	63	84.0	1	100.0	5	100.0	140	63.6
Low	21	56.8	5	55.6	42	45.2	12	16.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	80	36.4
Total	37	80.4	9	19.6	93	55.4	75	44.6	1	16.7	5	83.3	220	100.0