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

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)