Selective Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Vivax Malaria: Reduction of Malaria Incidence in an Open Cohort Study in Brazilian Amazon

Table 2

Asymptomatic Plasmodium carriers’ distribution by community, sex, and age group, in April/2008.

			APC age (year)
Community	Sex	𝑛	<15			≥15			Total	%
			Pv	Pf	PFV	Pv	Pf	PFV
	Male	149	2	—	—	9	3	—	14	5.0
São Sebastião	Female	130	3	—	—	4	—	—	7	2.5
	Total	279	5	—	—	13	3	—	21	7.5
	Male	119	—	—	—	22	7	1	30	15.2
Vila Amazonas	Female	79	—	—	—	7	3	1	11	5.6
	Total	198	—	—	—	29	10	2	41	20.7
	Male	218	4	—	—	24	3	—	31	7.9
Cachoeira do Teotônio	Female	174	4	—	—	14	2	—	20	5.1
	Total	392	8	—	—	38	5	—	51	13.0

APC: asymptomatic Plasmodium carriers. 𝑛: population. %: percentage. (—): numeric data equal zero, not rounding result. Pv: Plasmodium vivax. Pf: Plasmodium falciparum. PFV: mixed-species malaria.