Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants and description of malaria parasitaemia, Aweil, South Sudan, 2019 (n = 800)

Characteristic
Sex, n (%)
M	446 (56)
F	354 (44)
Age in years
Under 5, n (%)	505 (63)
5–14, n (%)	295 (37)
Median age in years (IQR)	3 (1–7)
P falciparum parasitaemia by microscopy n (%)	471 (59)
Median parasitaemia (IQR), asexual parasites/µl	38446 (6886–86215)
< 200/µl, n (%)	28 (5.9)
200–1999/µl, n (%)	51 (10.8)
2000–199999/µl, n (%)	367 (77.9)
≥ 200000/µl, n (%)	25 (5.3)
P falciparum gametocytemia by microscopy, n (%)	93 (11.6)
P falciparum parasitaemia by PCR n (%)	542 (68)
P. falciparum mono-infection	512 (94.5)
P. falciparum and P. malariae	20 (3.7)
P. falciparum and P. ovale	3 (0.6)
P. falciparum and P. vivax	1 (0.18)
P. falciparum and P. malariae and P. vivax	5 (0.9)
P. falciparum and P. malariae and P. ovale	1 (0.18)