Table 1 Number of samples sequenced, demographic characteristics of study participants and parasitemia, by year and geographical region.

From: Antimalarial drug resistance and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum in Mozambique using genomic surveillance at health facilities in 2021 and 2022

 

2021

2022

All regions

South

Center

North

p-value

All regions

South

Center

North

p-value

N

321

73

111

137

 

825

191

353

281

 

Province, n (%)

          

Cabo Delgado

-

-

-

-

-

91 (11.0%)

-

-

91 (32.4%)

-

Niassa

54 (16.8%)

-

-

54 (39.4%)

-

92 (11.2%)

-

-

92 (32.7%)

-

Nampula

83 (25.8%)

-

-

83 (60.6%)

-

98 (11.9%)

-

-

98 (34.9%)

-

Zambezia

85 (26.5%)

-

85 (76.6%)

-

-

88 (10.7%)

-

88 (24.9%)

-

-

Tete

-

-

-

-

-

98 (11.9%)

-

98 (27.8%)

-

-

Sofala

-

-

-

-

-

86 (10.4%)

-

86 (24.4%)

-

-

Manica

26 (8.1%)

-

26 (23.4%)

-

-

81 (9.8%)

-

81 (22.9%)

-

-

Inhambane

68 (2.1%)

68 (93.2%)

-

-

-

91 (11.0%)

91 (47.6%)

-

-

-

Maputo

5 (1.6%)

5 (6.8%)

-

-

-

100 (12.1%)

100 (52.4%)

-

-

-

Female, n (%)

160 (48.8%)

32 (43.8%)

64 (57.7%)

64 (46.7%)

0.116

396 (48.7%)

95 (51.6%)

170 (48.9%)

131 (47.7%)

0.570

Age:

          

Years, median (IQR)

4 (2, 6)

6 (4, 8)

3 (2, 6)

4 (2, 6)

< 0.001

4 (2, 7)

8 (5, 16)

4 (3, 6)

2 (1, 4)

< 0.001

< 5 years, n (%)

175 (54.5%)

25 (34.2%)

71 (64%)

79 (0.577%)

< 0.001

499 (61.2%)

51 (27.7%)

220 (62.9%)

228 (81.1%)

< 0.001

≥ 5 years, n (%)

146 (45.5%)

48 (65.8%)

40 (36%)

58 (0.423%)

316 (38.8%)

133 (72.3%)

130 (37.1%)

53 (18.9%)

Parasitemia, median parasites/µL (IQR)

10,209

(355, 66613)

51,278

(6773, 116619)

4169

(194, 38332)

8392

(391, 62381)

< 0.001

14,788

(1386, 52473)

17,863

(2888, 48929)

17,528

(1604, 56330)

9746

(543, 53204)

0.165

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