Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population from Katete in 2012 and 2016

	Year 2012	Year 2016
Total samples	136	105
Sex distribution of individuals screened	Males 57 (41.9%)	Males 56 (53.3%)
	Females 79 (58.1%)	Females 49 (46.7%)
Median age (in years)	4.4	7.0
Mean temperatures (oC)	37.7	38.2
Slide positivity	99 (72.8%)	105 (100%)
Mean parasitaemia (Parasites/µl)	31,813	64,946