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Demographic characteristics of patients in the three populations |
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| Thailand |
The Gambia |
Tanzania |
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| Total number of patients |
7548 |
2020 |
1400 |
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| Age (years)1 |
13 (2–43) |
4 (1–10) |
4 (1–32) |
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| Male2 |
3183 (56%) |
613 (54%) |
487 (43%) |
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| History of illness (days)1 |
2 (0–5) |
No Data |
3 (0–7) |
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| Symptoms present2 |
5458 (97%) |
No Data |
922 (88%) |
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| Haematocrit (%)1 |
35 (25–44) |
30 (20–39) |
31 (18–40)4 |
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| Palpable liver2 |
868 (16%) |
221 (20%) |
No Data |
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| Palpable spleen2 |
1197 (22%) |
517 (45%) |
No Data |
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| Axillary temperature1 |
37.7 (36.1–39.6) |
37.8 (36.2–40) |
No Data |
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| Parasitaemia (/μL)1 |
6,920 (166–183,920) |
32,500 (1,360–311,575) |
59,400 (7,992–271,913)5 |
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| Parasitaemia (/μL)2,3 |
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| ≤ 1,600 |
1,867 (25%) |
117 (6%) |
395 (28%) |
| 1,600–4,000 |
1,100 (15%) |
142 (7%) |
454 (32%) |
| 4,000–20,000 |
2,206 (29%) |
499 (25%) |
262 (19%) |
| > 20,000 |
2,330 (31%) |
1,262 (62%) |
289 (21%) |
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1 median and 90% range are presented. 2 number (%) of patients with this characteristic. 3 n = 49 patients in Thailand had confirmed parasitaemia on admission but the actual count was not recorded. 4 data available for n = 65. 5 data available for n = 257. | |||
Stepniewska et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:249 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-249 |
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