The Association of High Prevalence of Trophozoites in Peripheral Blood with Lower Antibody Response to P. falciparum Infected Erythrocytes among Asymptomatic Children in Sudan

Table 1

Age, parasitaemia, prevalence of trophozoites, % VSA, and MFI.

Group	Age (year); M ± SEM	Parasitaemia; (parasites/L); M ± SEM	Prevalence of trophozoites (%)	% VSA	MFI; M ± SEM
Symptomatic ()	8.5 ± 2	4.59 ± 0.52	16	89.78 ± 1.6	32.65 ± 10.3
Asymptomatic ()	8.8 ± 0.6	1.33 ± 0.45	66	79.62 ± 2.9	8.24 ± 1
p value	0.990	0.027	0.002	0.090	0.040

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