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Table 2 Prevalence of Plasmodium species identified by microscopy and by sub-microscopy

From: Prevalence of non-Plasmodium falciparum species in southern districts of Brazzaville in The Republic of the Congo

Plasmodium spp. infections Goma Tsé-Tsé District Madibou District Overall
Plasmodium species by microscopy study (n1 = 573; n2 = 200; (N = 773)
 Overall positivity, % (n) 35.1 (201) 20.0 (40)** 31.2 (241)
  P. falciparum, % (n) 33.7 (193) 19 (38) 29.9 (231)
  P. malariae, % (n) 0.7 (4) 0 (0) 0.5 (4)
  P. falciparum/P. malariae, % (n) 0.7 (4) 1 (2) 0.8 (6)
Plasmodium species by sub-microscopy study (n1 = 373; n2 = 159; (N = 532)
  Overall positivity, % (n) 59.8 (228) 73.0 (116)** 63.7 (339)
Mono-infection
  P. falciparum 41.0 (153) 56.0 (89) 45.5 (242)
  P. malariae 5.1 (19) 3.8 (6) 4.7 (25)
  P. ovale 1.1 (4) 0.0 (0) 0.8 (4)
Co-infection
  P. falciparum/P. malariae 7.8 (29) 9.4 (15) 8.3 (44)
  P. falciparum/P. ovale 2.7 (10) 2.5 (4) 2.6 (14)
  P. malariae/P. ovale 0.3 (1) 0 (0) 0.2 (1)
  P. falciparum/P. malariae/P. ovale 1.9 (7) 1.3 (2) 1.7 (9)
  1. Prevalence of Plasmodium species was compared between the Goma Tsé-Tsé and Madibou districts
  2. The Chi2 test was used to compare the proportion of cases between the two districts.
  3. N Overall number of participants, n1, n2 total number of participants in Goma Tsé-Tsé and Madibou districts, respectively
  4. **Significant difference in prevalence between the two districts according to overall microscopic findings at P < 0.0001 and according to sub-microscopic study at P = 0.0099
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