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case_images: trend of malaria incidence in Bagamoyo for the year 2013-2020, (A) males versus females, (B) by age groups, and (C) by transmission areas, the vertical (y) axis representing malaria incidence and the horizontal (x) axis representing years of follow-up, panel (D) showing the trend of malaria anti-schizont antibodies relative to malaria incidence in under 5 years; M=male, F=female, High trans=high transmission area and Low trans=low transmission area
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case_images: Overall, we demonstrated a significant decline in malaria incidence in both females and males from year 2015 (78.78 malaria incidence per 1000-person years) to 2020 (42.08 malaria incidence per 1000-person years) (Figure 2B). However, malaria incidence in patients aged 5-59 years did not change much between the follow-up period (Figure 2C). In high transmission areas, the incidence dropped from 891.30 (in 2015) to 249.89 malaria incidence per 1000-person years (in 2017), followed by a rebound of incidence up to 538.55 malaria incidence per 1000-person years in 2020 (Figure 2D). When comparing anti-schizont antibodies in under 5 patients, we showed a decrease in antibodies against P. falciparum anti-schizont was related to a decreased incidence in the respective group (Figure 2A).