Table 2 Demographic information of MIS participants.

From: Molecular malaria surveillance using a novel protocol for extraction and analysis of nucleic acids retained on used rapid diagnostic tests

 

All individuals (n = 13,270)

Selected individuals (n = 2,690)

Gender

 Female

7,155 (53.9%)

1569 (58.3%)

 Male

6,115 (46.1%)

1,121 (41.7%)

Age (years)

 Mean (SD)

21.2 (± 17.7)

27.1 (± 21.0)

Age group

  < 5

2,308 (17.4%)

276 (10.3%)

 5–14

3,719 (28.0%)

660 (24.5%)

 15–45

5,758 (43.4%)

1,208 (44.9%)

  > 45

1,485 (11.2%)

546 (20.3%)

District

 Baney

1519 (11.4%)

400 (14.9%)

 Luba

1,093 (8.2%)

268 (10.0%)

 Malabo

10,121 (76.3%)

1814 (67.4%)

 Riaba

537 (4.0%)

208 (7.7%)

RDT result

 Negative

11,842 (89.2%)

1623 (60.3%)

 pLDH

43 (0.3%)

39 (1.4%)

 PfHRP2

871 (6.6%)

653 (24.3%)

 pLDH + PfHRP2

462 (3.5%)

367 (13.6%)

Pregnancy status

 Currently pregnant

237 (1.8%)

225 (8.4%)

 Gave birth to live baby

918 (6.9%)

128 (4.8%)

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

 Mean (SD)

12.4 (± 1.79)

12.1 (± 1.88)

Anemia status

 No

8,874 (65.7%)

1593 (57.6%)

 Mild

2,711 (20.1%)

634 (22.9%)

 Moderate

1777 (13.2%)

502 (18.1%)

 Severe

110 (0.8%)

34 (1.2%)

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