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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants from Western Gambia across three different years

From: Recent increase in low complexity polygenomic infections and sialic acid-independent invasion pathways in Plasmodium falciparum from Western Gambia

Variables

2015

2016

2021

Number (%)

15 (23.07)

26 (40)

24 (36.92)

Mean age ± SD

9 ± 3.74

8.21 ± 3.44

20.48 ± 10.28

Male

8 (61.5)

10 (41.7)

13 (54.2)

Female

5 (38.5)

14 (58.3)

11 (45.8)

Median parasitaemia (range)

1.85 (1–7%)

1.24 (0.21–5.2%)

1(0.4–3.6%)

  1. SD standard deviation