Overall 4.99 % of individuals had Plasmodium species infection segregated as follows: Pf, 0.16 %; Pv, 4.66 %; P. malariae (Pm), 0.16 %; P. ovale, 0 %, mixed infections (Pf and Pv), 0.055 %; and (Pv and Pm), 0.027 %. Here, PRB1 is linked to infection.