Table 1.
Age-specific prevalence of malaria by serology, mRDT, microscopy and PCR
| Study site | Age group | PfAMA-1 % (n) |
PfMSP-119 % (n) |
mRDT % (n) |
PCR % (n) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||
| Bondo | < 5 years | 9.0 (17) | 32.7 (118) | 14.4 (29) | 30.5 (106) | 46.8 (22) | 22.5 (113) | 18.8 (29) | 26.8 (106) |
| 5–15 years | 29.3 (55) | 36.6 (132) | 21.9 (44) | 41.1 (143) | 48.9 (23) | 32.7 (164) | 36.4 (56) | 33.2 (131) | |
| > 15 years | 61.7 (116) | 30.7 (111) | 63.7 (128) | 28.4 (99) | 4.3 (2) | 44.8 (225) | 44.8 (69) | 40.0 (158) | |
| χ2 = 58.69, p < 0.001 | χ2 = 65.36, p < 0.001 | χ2 = 30.76, p < 0.001 | χ2 = 3.8, p = 0.1 | ||||||
| Hai | < 5 years | 18.2 (6) | 14.6 (30) | 9.8 (4) | 16.2 (32) | 0.0 (0) | 15.1 (36) | 14.3 (1) | 15.1 (35) |
| 5–15 years | 6.1 (2) | 11.2 (23) | 4.9 (2) | 11.6 (23) | 0.0 (0) | 10.5 (25) | 28.6 (2) | 9.9 (23) | |
| > 15 years | 75.8 (25) | 74.3 (153) | 85.4 (35) | 72.2 (143) | 0.0 (0) | 74.5 (178) | 57.1 (4) | 75.0 (174) | |
| *p = 0.6 | *p = 0.2 | – | *p = 0.2 | ||||||
*Computed by Fisher exact test