Table 1. Characteristics of the study participants.

Characteristics	n	Percent
Total participants	150	100
Sex
Men	119	79.3
Women	31	20.7
Age group (years)
15–25	61	40.7
26–35	42	28.0
36–45	20	13.3
> = 46	27	18.0
History of malaria
Yes	124	82.7
No	26	17.3
Malaria positivity rate
Microscopy
Positive	59	39.3
Negative	91	60.7
Parasite stages
Ring stage	28	47.5
All parasite stages	31	52.5
MC004 Real time PCR
Positive	62	41.3
Negative	88	58.7