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Table 2 Malaria prevalence [number (%)] in different townships

From: Geographical heterogeneity in prevalence of subclinical malaria infections at sentinel endemic sites of Myanmar

Townships

No. of participants surveyed

LM

cRDT

uRDT

LM, RDT, or both

Nested PCR

Total

Pv

Pf

Po

Pv + Pf

Pv + Po

Total

Bilin

315

0

0

0

0

31

6

0

2

0

39 (12.4)

39 (12.4)

Banmauk

631

3 (0.5)

5 (0.8)

16 (2.5)

18 (2.9)

56

11

0

0

0

67 (10.6)

77 (12.2)

Thabeikkyin

412

0 (0)

1 (0.2)

3 (0.7)

3 (0.7)

7

6

0

1

0

14 (3.4)

16 (3.9)

Paletwa

633

11 (1.7)

67 (10.6)

81 (12.8)

82 (13.0)

64

34

1

5

2

106 (16.7)

145 (22.9)

Total

1991

14 (0.7)

73 (3.7)

100 (5.0)

103 (5.2)

158

57

1

8

2

226 (11.4)

277 (13.9)

  1. Abbreviations: LM light microscopy, cRDT conventional RDT, uRDT ultrasensitive RDT, Pv P. vivax, Pf P. falciparum, Po P. ovale