Table 2 |
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Results of feeding mosquitoes on human blood |
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| No. people from whose blood some mosquitoes developed oocysts |
No. people from whose blood no mosquitoes developed oocysts |
Significance of differences |
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| P. falciparum |
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| Villages |
3 (23.1%) |
10 (76.9%) |
Fisher not sig. |
| Clinic |
11 (25.0%) |
33 (75.0%) |
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| Observable gametocytes |
6 (46.2%) |
7 (53.8%) |
Fisher P = 0.06 |
| No observable gametocytes |
8 (18.2%) |
36 (81.8%) |
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| Fever reported |
12 (27.3%) |
32 (72.7%) |
Fisher P = 0.32 |
| Fever not reported |
2 (15.4%) |
11 (84.6%) |
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| P. vivax |
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| Villages |
7 (46.7%) |
8 (53.3%) |
χ2 = 0.41, P = 0.52 |
| Clinic |
29 (60.4%) |
19 (39.6%) |
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| Observable gametocytes |
31 (68.9%) |
14 (31.1%) |
χ2 = 7.3, P = 0.007 |
| No observable gametocytes |
5 (27.8%) |
13 (72.2%) |
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| Fever reported |
30 (56.6%) |
23 (43.4%) |
Fisher P = 0.56 |
| Fever not reported |
6 (60%) |
4 (40%) |
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| Parasite density (P. falciparum and P. vivax) |
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| <3961/μl |
21 (35.9%) |
38 (64.4%) |
χ2 = 1.30, P = 0.25 |
| >3960/μl |
29 (47.5%) |
32 (52.5%) |
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Pethleart et al. Malaria Journal 2004 3:34 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-3-34 |
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