Characteristics of cases of malaria (total and by group) | ||||||
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Total | Traveler | Native | Native-traveler | Resident in endemic zone | ||
n=293; (100%) | n=67; (22.86%) | n=138; (47.09%) | n=14; (4.77%) | n=74; (25.26%) | ||
Age. Mean (SD) | 39.66 (14.40) | 37.55 (10.45) | 41.38 (16.52) | 35.39 (9.72) | 55.29 (16.68) | |
Males n (%) | 155 (52.9) | 42 (62.7) | 66 (47.8) | 36 (48.6) | 11 (78.6) | |
Median time (days) to diagnosis (range) | 11 (0-1544) | 8 (0-730) | 15 (0-1544) | 12 (0-317) | 8.5 (0-37) | |
Antimalarial chemoprophylaxis n (%) | 36 (12.3) | 21 (31.3) | n.a | 15 (20.3) | n.a | |
Symptomatic n (%) | 198 (67.6) | 62 (92.5) | 56 (40.6) | 11 (78.6) | 69 (93.2) | |
Abnormal laboratorial tests | Anaemia | 96 (32.8) | 11 (16.4) | 53 (38.4) | 28 (37.8) | 4 (28.6) |
Leukocytopenia | 50 (17.1) | 12 (17.9) | 21 (15.2) | 12 (18.9) | 3 (21.4) | |
Thrombocytopenia | 126 (43) | 32 (47.8) | 35 (25.4) | 50 (67.6) | 9 (64.3) | |
Renal failure | 31 (10.6) | 12 (17.9) | 11 (8) | 7 (9.5) | 1 (7.1) | |
Jaundice | 9 (3.1) | 4 (6) | 3 (2.2) | 2 (2.7) | 0 (0) | |
Comorbidity n (%) | 177 (60.4%) | 23 (34.3) | 109 (79) | 36 (48.6) | 9 (64.3) | |
SMM n (%) | 104 (35.5) | 13 (19.4) | 83 (60.1) | 6 (8.1) | 2 (14.3) | |
Plasmodium species | P. falciparum | 255 (87) | 52 (77.6) | 123 (89.1) | 70 (94.6) | 10 (71.4) |
P. vivax | 13 (4.4) | 7 (10.4) | 3 (2.2) | 1 (1.4) | 2 (14.3) | |
P. ovale | 13 (4.4) | 4 (6) | 7 (5.1) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (7.1) | |
P. malariae | 6 (2) | 3 (4.5) | 2 (1.4) | 0(0) | 1 (7.1) | |
Mixed infections | 6 (2) | 1 (1.5) | 3 (2.2) | 2 (2.8) | 0 (0) | |
Median of parasitation index -in microscopic malaria- (range) | 0.1 (0.1-50) | 0.1 (0.1-50) | 0.1 (0.1-15) | 0.6 (0.1-30) | 0.1 (0.1-2.7) |