Characteristics | Total number | Goma Tsé-Tsé | P-value | Total number | Madibou | P-value | ||
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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) |