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The study was conducted between September and December 2016 in K\u00e9dougou, Kolda and S\u00e9dhiou, located in southern Senegal where SMC is implemented. A questionnaire was administered to each participant to collect information on his history of SMC exposure and a blood sample collected on Whatman filter paper. The <jats:italic>Pf18S<\/jats:italic> gene was amplified by Real Time-PCR to detect <jats:italic>Plasmodium falciparum<\/jats:italic>. A total of 226 children between 11 and 14 years old were included in the study. The mean age was 11.9 (\u00b10.8) years with a sex ratio (M\/F) of 1.05. The overall malaria prevalence was 19.47%. <jats:italic>Plasmodium falciparum<\/jats:italic> parasite carriage was higher in children who had recently aged out of SMC eligibility (6.6% in 11-year-olds and 9.3% in 12-year-olds). In 2013, the prevalence was higher among children who had completed two cycles (5.3%). However, it was higher among those who had taken three cycles in 2014 (13.7%) and 2015 (5.8%). This study showed that the prevalence of <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic> was higher in children who had taken SMC in 2013 and 2014, with a prevalence of 6.6%. Children exposed in 2013, 2014 and 2015 had a prevalence of 2.65%. No parasite carriage was observed in children exposed in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Children protected by SMC become potential malaria parasites reservoirs when they leave the target age range. 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