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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants

From: Dynamics of anti-MSP3 and Pfs230 antibody responses and multiplicity of infection in asymptomatic children from southern Ghana

 

February

March

April

May

Obom

Abura

Obom

Abura

Obom

Abura

Obom

Abura

Children, n

75

65

62

59

60

54

62

55

Male, n (%)

35 (46.7)

29 (44.6)

28 (45.2)

25 (42.4)

25 (41.7)

25 (46.3)

28 (45.2)

25 (45.5)

Median age (IQR)

9 (8–10)

9.5 (9–11)

9 (8–10)

9 (8.5–10)

9 (8–10)

10 (9–11)

9 (8–10)

9 (8.5–10)

Micro. positive

34

7

27

0

33

2

8

0

PD GM (95% CI)

441.8 (295.3–660)

321.7 (95.91–1079)

693.6 (420.2–1145)

0

712.6 (474.3–1071)

nd

155.4 (101.5–237.9)

0

  1. Abbreviations: n number, IQR interquartile range of age in years, Micro. positive number of children positive for P. falciparum by microscopy, PD parasite density/μl; GM (95% CI), geometric mean with 95% confidence interval in parentheses; nd only two samples were positive