Parasitological Indices of Malaria Transmission in Children under Fifteen Years in Two Ecoepidemiological Zones in Southwestern Burkina Faso

Table 2

Relation between presence of fever and malaria-carrying parasite.

Parasitemia	Status of fever		Total	Odds ratio
	No fever	Fever
VK1
Positive thick smears	151	61	217	0.93; 0 ≤ OR ≤ 2.1
Negative thick smears	257	79	338
Total	408	140	555
Samandeni
Positive thick smears	241	69	310	28.61; 3.60 ≤ OR ≤ 158.8
Negative thick smears	195	61	256
Total	436	130	566