Table 1 Prevalence of symptomatic and asymptomatic P. falciparum infection in the city of Bouaké, August 2016 (N = 2313).

From: High prevalence of asymptomatic and subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infections but no histidine-rich protein 2 gene deletion in Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

Variables

Symptomatic (N = 66)

Asymptomatic (N = 2247)

Number

LM pos, n (%)

RDT pos, n (%)

qPCR pos, n (%)

Number

LM pos, n (%)

RDT pos, n (%)

qPCR pos, n (%)

Age group

0–4 years

16

5 (31.3)

6 (37.5)

4 (25.0)

329

25 (07.6)

36 (10.9)

57 (17.3)

5–14 years

14

7 (50.0)

8 (57.1)

10 (71.4)

632

111 (17.6)

145 (22.9)

266 (42.0)

 ≥ 15 years

36

5 (13.9)

6 (16.7)

13 (36.1)

1286

96 (07.5)

99 (07.7)

462 (35.9)

Gender

Male

31

8 (25.8)

11 (35.5)

15 (48.4)

958

115 (12.0)

137 (14.3)

361 (37.7)

Female

35

9 (25.7)

9 (25.7)

12 (34.3)

1289

117 (09.1)

143 (11.1)

424 (32.9)

Bed net use (last two weeks)

Daily

33

9 (27.3)

9 (27.3)

13 (39.4)

1230

138 (11.2)

157 (12.8)

447 (36.3)

Occasionally or never

22

7 (31.8)

9 (40.9)

11 (50.0)

804

79 (09.8)

102 (12.7)

284 (35.3)

Overall

66

17 (25.8)

20 (30.3)

27 (40.9)

2247

232 (10.3)

280 (12.5)

785 (34.9)

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