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Table 7 Association of socio-demographic characteristics and sub-microscopic P. malariae infection detected by PCR

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

Characteristics

Total number

Goma Tsé-Tsé

P-value

Total number

Madibou

P-value

P. malariae Infection

P. malariae Infection

%(n)

RR (95% CI)

%(n)

RR (95% CI)

Overall

373

15.0 (56)

 

159

77.3 (123)

 

Seasons

 Rainy

180

11.1 (20)

1.7 (1.0–2.8)

0.045

59

18.6 (11)

1.6 (0.7–3.3)

0.251

 Dry

193

18.7 (36)

100

12.0 (12)

Gender

 Female

220

14.5 (32)

1.1 (0.7–1.8)

0.761

97

14.4 (14)

1.0 (0.5–2.2)

0.988

 Male

153

15.7 (24)

62

14.5 (9)

Age group (years)

 1–4

38

10.5 (4)

1.0 (0.3 –2.9)

0.924

15

13.3 (2)

1.7 (0.3–11.1)

0.561

 5–9

81

11.1 (9)

Ref. group

-

26

7.7 (2)

Ref. group

 10–14

41

12.2 (5)

1.1 (0.4–3.1)

0.859

28

10.7 (3)

1.4 (0.3–7.7)

0.704

 15–19

31

22.6 (7)

2.0 (0.8–5.0)

0.121

13

23.1 (3)

3.0 (0.6–15.8)

0.195

 ≥ 20

182

17.0 (31)

1.5 (0.8 –3.1)

0.228

77

16.9 (13)

2.2 (0.5–9.1)

0.278

Fever

 Yes (≥ 37.5 °C)

17

17.6 (3)

1.2 (0.4–3.4)

0.752

3

0.0 (0)

0.8 (0.1–11.5)

0.893

 No (< 37.5 °C)

356

14.9 (53)

156

14.7 (23)

Bed net use

 Yes

364

14.8 (54)

0.7 (0.2–2.3)

0.525

155

14.8 (23)

1.5 (0.1–21.4)

0.762

 No

9

22.2 (2)

4

0.0 (0)

  1. n Number of participants