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Malariometric indexes in the participating Fulani and Dogon communities in Mali |
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| Dogon |
Fulani |
P valuea |
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| Age-range (years) |
1–58 |
1–60 |
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| Age-median (years) |
16 |
14.5 |
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| Gender distribution (% women) |
48 |
49 |
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| Spleen rateb (%) |
11 |
37 |
< 0.0001 |
| Parasite prevalencec (%) |
58 |
43 |
0.008 |
| Number of clonesd ± SD |
5.63 ± 2.85 |
4.52 ± 2.7 |
0.02 |
| Parasite densitye ± SD |
662 ± 3206 |
716 ± 2844 |
ns |
| Haemoglobin levels (mean ± SD) |
13.1 ± 2.4 |
10.6 ± 2.5 |
< 0.0001 |
| HbAS prevalence (%) |
7.2 |
7.9 |
ns |
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| Number of subjects |
164 |
164 |
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a Differences between the two ethnic groups tested by Mann-Whitney U test b Percentage of individuals with enlarged spleen c Proportion of infected individuals, measured by PCR d Mean number of clones identified as msp2 alleles, excluding PCR negatives e P. falciparum density (parasites/μl)-mean. | |||
Israelsson et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:175 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-175 |
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