Table 2 |
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Proportion of Plasmodium trophozoite species and P. falciparum gametocytes along the transect |
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| Proportion of infected children with parasites (%) |
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| Parasite |
Valley bottom (1450 m) |
Mid-hill (1500 m) |
Hilltop(1580 m) |
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| P. falciparum |
68.0 |
40.2 |
26.7 |
| P. falciparum gametocytes |
5.8 |
5.9 |
3.0 |
| P. malariae |
1.6 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
| P. ovale |
3.0 |
2.3 |
1.7 |
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Githeko et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:107 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-107 |
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