Table 1

Age group-wise prevalence of malaria among symptomatic patients (August – September 2007)
Age Groups (yrs)
 BSE*
 Positive
 P. vivax
 P. falciparum
 SPR†
 SfR‡
 Pf%§
≤1
 7
 2
 1
 1
 28.6
 14.3
 50.0
> 1 through 4
 26
 8
 6
 2
 30.8
 7.7
 25.0
> 4 through 8
 44
 25
 10
 15
 56.8
 34.1
 60.0
> 8 through 14
 57
 19
 8
 11
 33.3
 19.3
 57.9
> 14
 157
 59
 16
 43
 37.6
 27.4
 72.9
Total
 291
 113
 41
 72
 38.8
 24.7
 63.7

* Blood Slide Examined

† Slide Positivity Rate (number of parasitaemic cases per 100 examined slides)

‡ Slide falciparum Rate (number of falciparum cases per 100 examined slides)

§Plasmodium falciparum percentage (number of falciparum cases per 100 parasitaemic cases)

Bharti et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:126   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-126

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