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The prevalence of\n                      <jats:italic>Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>Plasmodium ovale<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. by PCR was 58%, 20% and 11% among asymptomatic and 93%, 13% and 16% in symptomatic children, respectively. Among\n                      <jats:italic>P. ovale<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp.,\n                      <jats:italic>P. ovale curtisi<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>P. ovale wallikeri<\/jats:italic>\n                      and mixed\n                      <jats:italic>P. ovale curtisi<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009+\u2009\n                      <jats:italic>P. ovale wallikeri<\/jats:italic>\n                      accounted for 75%, 24% and 1% of infections, respectively. All\n                      <jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic>\n                      species infections were significantly more prevalent in the rural area compared to the urban area in asymptomatic infections (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Living in a rural as opposed to an urban area was associated with a five-fold greater risk of asymptomatic malaria parasite carriage (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Amongst asymptomatic malaria parasite carriers, 43% and 16% of children harboured mixed\n                      <jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic>\n                      with\n                      <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                      infections in the rural and the urban areas, respectively, whereas in symptomatic malaria infections, it was 22% and 26%, respectively. Few children carried single infections of\n                      <jats:italic>P. malariae<\/jats:italic>\n                      (2.2%) and\n                      <jats:italic>P. ovale<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. (1.9%).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>School-age children are at significant risk from both asymptomatic and symptomatic malaria infections. 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