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