Biennial surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum anti-malarial drug resistance markers in Democratic Republic of Congo, 2017 and 2019

Table 1 Characteristics of enrolled patients from 2019-study compared to 2017-study

Characteristic	2017-study		2019-study		p-value
Characteristic	N	%	N	%	p-value
Age (year)					0.010
0–5	465	43.5	437	40.2
6–12	259	24.2	225	20.7
13–19	107	10.0	127	11.7
20 and +	239	22.3	298	27.4
Total	1070		1087
Sex					0.649
Female	551	51.5	573	52.5
Male	519	48.5	519	47.5
Site					0.138
Bolenge	98	9.2	99	8.7
Fungurume	92	8.6	100	8.8
Kalima	97	9.1	100	8.8
Kamina	98	9.2	99	8.7
Karawa	97	9.1	104	9.2
Katana	105	9.8	87	7.7
Kingasani	160	15.0	150	13.2
Kisangani	128	12.0	135	11.9
Lubumbashi	101	9.4	157	13.8
Vanga	94	8.8	104	9.2
Number episode of malaria last 12 months					< 0.001
0	529	49.4	458	40.4
1	119	11.1	295	26.0
2	221	20.7	170	15.0
3	122	11.4	123	10.8
4 and +	79	7.4	89	7.8
P. falciparum PCR					< 0.001
Negative	264	24.7	181	16.7
Positive	805	75.3	906	83.3
Total	1069	100.0	1087	100.0

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