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

O.I: oil immersion field, ^†female, and *male.