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Mean age-specific parasite density of asexual stages (A) (solid bars) and gametocyte stages (G) (empty bars) of P. falciparum. Sample sizes for each age group were 17, 55, 62, 30, 22, and 36 for the asexual stages and 5, 9, 9, 3, 1, and 5 for the gametocyte stages. Standard errors are represented as error bars.
