Sentence examples for parasite rate from inspiring English sources

Households were then classified as above average (parasite rate ≥50%) and those average or below (parasite rate <50%).

Indeed, spleen rate and parasite rate are usually calculated in this age group for defining malaria endemicity categories[7].

The overall mean parasite rate among those 1 9 years of age was 43.5% (95% CI: 38 49.1%).

Due to the small number of children per house in some of the homes, houses were merged into 13 zones (<2 km apart) and the parasite rate calculated.

Among young children, parasite rate correlated highly with anemia prevalence, population Hb mean, and spleen rate (r2: 0.81, −0.81, and 0.86; p<0.001).

In young children, correlations between altitude and parasite rate, population Hb mean, anemia prevalence, and spleen rate were high (r2: −0.73, 0.73, −0.81, and −0.68; p<0.001).

There was substantial heterogeneity in parasite rates between clusters (Figure 3).

Parasite rates have been proposed as benchmarks for renewed malaria control efforts [15].

A similar approach, using parasite rates instead of incidence rates, was used for estimating the number of malaria infections averted at the last survey.

The longevity of the antibody response generates sero-prevalences that are higher than equivalent parasite rates and the method thus has greater sensitivity in low transmission settings.

Similar findings, however, have been reported in The Gambia where communities living near mosquito breeding sites had proportionately lower parasite rates [22], [23].