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Table 1 Distribution of demographic characteristics, symptoms and clinical signs of children under five with and without malaria in western Tanzania.

From: Confirmed malaria cases among children under five with fever and history of fever in rural western Tanzania

Variable

Malaria positive

Malaria negative

 

N = 36

(%)

N = 264

(%)

Sex

    

Female

21

(58.3)

116

(43.9)

Male

15

(41.7)

148

(56.1)

Age (in years)

    

Below 1 year

12

(33.3)

136

(51.5)

Above one year

24

(66.7)

128

(48.5)

Symptoms and clinical signs

    

Fever and other symptoms/clinical signs

35

(97.2)

247

(93.6)

Other symptoms and clinical signs without fever

1

(2.8)

17

(6.4)

  1. Key: Fever only = define as body temperature ≥ 37.5°C
  2. Other symptoms and clinical signs included:- vomiting, diarrhoea, dysentery, dehydration, lower limb swelling, difficulty in breathing, wounds and abdominal discomfort.