“…For instances, prevalence of 2.0% and 7.7% reported in Lagos [18,26], 11% in Sokoto [19], 7.3% in Port Harcourt, [3], 2.3% in Chittagny, Bangladesh [27] and 4.7% in Colombia [16]. In contrast, the prevalence recorded in the present study is significantly lower than 13% reported in Dekina, Northcentral Nigeria [28], 36.8% in Southwest Nigeria [4] and 41% in Southeastern Nigeria [29]. These studies employed light microscopy and RDT kits with similar sensitivity, thus, the disparity could be attributed to factors such as malaria transmission intensity and control measures among other factors.…”