Research Article
Transmission Attributes of Periurban Malaria in Lusaka, Zambia, Precedent to the Integrated Vector Management Strategy: An Entomological Input
Table 2
Parasitological survey data.
| Parasitemia in febrile patients by age and sex | Age group | 0–4 yrs | 5–15 yrs | >15 yrs | Total |
| Number surveyed
| 52* | 14* | 63* | 129 | 38† | 21† | 109† | 168 | Frequency (age) | 27 (30%) | 9 (25.7%) | 40 (23.3%) | 76 | Frequency (sex) | 15* | 4* | 26* | 45 | 12† | 5† | 14† | 31 |
| Parasite densities by age |
| 1–10/100 O.I | 25 (62.5%) | 3 (33.3%) | 15 (55.6%) | 43 | 11–100/100 O.I | 9 (19.0%) | 2 (22.2%) | 4 (17.4%) | 15 | 10/O.I | 3 (7.5%) | 1 (11.1%) | 3 (7.5%) | 7 | >10/O.I | 3 (7.5%) | 1 (11.1%) | 5 (18.5%) | 11 |
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O.I: oil immersion field, †female, and *male.
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