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Table 3 Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes among the study population, stratified by sex, age, parasite density and season in Korhogo, northern Côte d’Ivoire, 2014/2015

From: Distribution of Plasmodium spp. infection in asymptomatic carriers in perennial and low seasonal malaria transmission settings in West Africa

Variable

P. falciparum gametocytes

  

n

Positive

Prevalence (95% CI)

χ2

P-value

Overall

825

11

1.3 (0.7–2.4)

  

Sex

 Male

365

5

1.4 (0.5–3.2)

11.3

0.255

 Female

460

6

1.3 (0.5–2.8)

  

Age group (year)

  < 1

21

0

–

47.23

0.381

 1–4

110

2

1.8 (0.2–6.4)

  

 5–9

197

3

1.5 (0.3–4.4)

  

 10–14

156

3

1.9 (0.4–5.5)

  

 15–19

89

0

–

  

  ≥ 20

252

3

1.2 (0.3–3.4)

  

Fevera

 Yes

82

1

1.2 (0.0–6.6)

11.95

0.153

 No

668

10

1.5 (0.7–2.7)

  

PD (parasites/μl of blood)

 1–500

577

12

2.1 (1.1–3.6)

3.19

0.202

 501–5000

207

1

0.5 (0.0–2.7)

  

  > 5000

41

0

–

  

Season

 Rainy

560

11

1.9 (1.0–3.5)

13.66

0.135

 Dry

265

0

–

  
  1. aOf the participants examined for P. falciparum gametocytes, 75 (10.6%) did not have axillary temperature data. CI Confidence interval, PD Parasite density, n Number examined