Overview study populations.

Year = year of data collection; Survey participants = participants of cross-sectional surveys, largely asymptomatic population, were screened for gametocytes; clinic attendees = individuals with suspected malaria were screened for gametocytes; n = number of gametocyte positive individuals; N = number of people screened for gametocytes among the study population; gametocyte density = median density/µL for gametocyte positive individuals only; IQR = interquartile range (25th and 75th percentile), WBC = white blood cells.