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Table 2 Plasmodium species detected by real-time PCR in asymptomatic individuals at the three time points (T1-T3)

From: Differential contribution of Anopheles coustani and Anopheles arabiensis to the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in two neighbouring villages of Madagascar

 

Ambohitromby

Miarinarivo

Total by species (%)

T1

T2

T3

Total

T1

T2

T3

Total

 

Sample size

173

79

99

351

122

65

52

239

590

P. falciparum

17

9

7

33

13

11

2

26

59 (84.3)

P. vivax

1

1

1

3

0

1

0

1

4 (5.7)

P. malariae

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

1 (1.4)

Mixed infectiona

2

2

2

6

0

0

0

0

6 (8.6)

Total by village and time point (%)

20 (11.6)

12 (15.2)

10 (10.1)

42 (12.0)

14 (11.5)

12 (18.5)

2 (3.8)

28 (11.7)

70 (100)

  1. aThe 6 mixed infections implicate P. falciparum with P. vivax (4), P. malariae (1) and P. ovale (1)