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Table 1 General characteristics and laboratory findings at initial clinical assessment of 184 patients with P. falciparum malaria

From: A simple and fast method to exclude high Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in travellers with imported malaria

Parameter

Amsterdam (AMC)

Rotterdam (HZH)

Number of patients, n

77

107

Male/female

52/25

78/29

Age, median (range,) yrs

37 (0 - 61)

40 (16 - 70)

Purpose of travel

  

   Immigrant, n (%)

4 (5.2)

0 (0.0)

   Visiting friends and relatives, n (%)

48 (62.3)

36 (33.6)

   Tourist, n (%)

6 (7.8)

20 (18.7)

   Business, n (%)

10(13.0)

27 (25.2)

   Expatriate, n (%)

0 (0.0)

4 (3.7)

   Sailor, n (%)

0 (0.0)

4 (3.7)

   Unknown, n (%)

9 (11.7)

11 (10.3)

Continent of acquisition

  

   Africa, n (%) [West-Africa, n (%)]

73 (94.8) [63 (81.8)]

101 (94.9) [71 (66.4)]

   South-America, n (%)

2 (2.6)

1 (0.9)

   South East Asia, n (%)

2 (2.6)

7 (6.5)

Clinical assessment

  

   Severe malaria, n (%)

7 (9.1)

16 (15.0)

   Non-severe malaria, n (%)

70 (90.9)

91 (85.0)

Laboratory findings

  

   Parasite load, median range, trophozoites/μL

4648 (50 - 558000)

10664 (2 - 1380600)

   Malaria Now

77 (100)

107 (100)

HRP-2 and aldolase co-reactivity, n (%)

54 (70.1)

78 (72.9)

HRP-2 reactivity, n (%)

23 (29.9)

29 (27.1)