Table 3

Possible Interruption of Malaria Transmission, Highland Kenya, 2007–2008

Chandy C. John

, Melissa A. Riedesel, Ng’wena G. Magak, Kim A. Lindblade, David M. Menge, James S. Hodges, John M. Vulule, and Willis Akhwale

Author affiliations: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (C.C. John, M.A. Riedesel, D.M. Menge); Moi University School of Medicine, Eldoret, Kenya (N.G. Magak); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K.A. Lindblade); University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (J.S. Hodges); Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisian, Kenya (J.M. Vulule); Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya (W. Akhwale)

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Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia by microscopy and PCR in asymptomatic persons in Kipsamoite and Kapsisiywa, Kenya, May 2007–April 2008

Characteristic	2007 May	2007 Aug	2007 Nov	2008 Apr
Microscopy
No. P. falciparum positive	14*	0	0	1
No. tested	5,788	605	577	538
% P. falciparum positive	0.24	0	0	0.19
Gametocytes
No. positive	5†	0	0	1
No. tested	5,788	605	577	538
% positive	0.09	0	0	0.19
PCR
No. P. falciparum positive	1	1	0	0
No. tested	414	400	400	401
% P. falciparum positive	0.24	0.25	0	0

*Twelve persons who tested positive by microscopy were from Kipsamoite and 2 were from Kapsisiywa.
†Four persons who tested positive by gametocyte were from Kipsamoite and 1 was from Kapsisiywa.

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