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Table 2 Study population characteristics

From: Antibody responses to P. falciparum blood stage antigens and incidence of clinical malaria in children living in endemic area in Burkina Faso

Characteristics

Number of children

Low malaria transmission season

High malaria transmission season

Baseline P. falciparum

 Negative

325

126 (43.3%)

160 (49.2%)

 Positive

325

194 (59.7%)

165 (50.8%)

Geometric means of parasites density/μL

325

2627

6042

Incidence of malaria (95% CI)

 >0

325

2.4 (2.2, 2.6)

2.9 (2.6, 3.3)

 ≥2500

325

1.7 (1.5, 1.9)

2.3 (2.0, 2.6)

 ≥5000

325

1.5 (1.3, 1.7)

2.0 (1.8, 2.3)