Immunological Testing Reveals Exposure to Malaria in the Hypoendemic Region of Iran

Table 2

The range of age groups of participants and overall percentages of antibody positives seen when serum samples were tested in Pan Malaria antibody ELISA.

Age (range) of participants	Number of antibody positives/total number tested	Age group percentage (positivity)	Overall percentage (positivity)
<11 years	3/38	7.9%	0.15%
11–20	20/216	9.2%	1%
21–30	116/670	17.3%	5.93%
31–40	92/583	15.8%	4.7%
41–50	18/264	6.8%	0.92%
51–60	7/105	6.7%	0.36%
>61	14/79	17.7%	0.72%
Total (overall percentage)	270/1955		13.8%