approaching significancep = 0.06
Not only did we observe a tendency for a higher proportion of children with gametocytes during co-infection (p = 0.06, approaching significance), but we also noted significantly higher (p = 0.05, Mann-Whitney test) gametocyte geometric mean parasite density during co-infection (189 gametocytes/μl of blood in S+M group compared to 73 gametocytes/μl in M group).