Research Article
High Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Asymptomatic Individuals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Table 1
Prevalence of Plasmodium infections by age groups in the six DRC provinces.
| | Study sites | Age groups | Total | | 0–5 | 6–15 | 16–59 | >60 | | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Equateur | 15 (29.4) | 15 (29.4) | 21 (41.1) | 0 (0) | 51 | | Kinshasa | 7 (11.3) | 10 (16.1) | 45 (72.5) | 0 (0) | 62 | |
K-occ | 3 (9.6) | 6 (19.3) | 20 (39.2) | 2 (6.4) | 31 | | Kivu | 2 (9.1) | 5 (22.7) | 15 (68.1) | 0 (0) | 22 | | Punia | 4 (7.8) | 6 (11.7) | 37 (72.5) | 4 (7.8) | 51 | | Katanga | 13 (20.6) | 26 (41.2) | 21 (33.3) | 3 (4.7) | 63 |
| | Total | 44 (15.7) | 68 (24.2) | 159 (56.7) | 9 (3.2) | 280 |
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K-occ = KasaÏ-occidental.
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