Table 1 Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax

Age (years) (n = 182)

0-12

5

2.7

13-49

139

76.4

≥50

38

20.9

Mean (SD), 37.7 (14.7)

Sex

Male

145

78.0

Female

41

22.0

Days with symptoms (n = 167)

1

18

10.8

2-4

58

34.7

>4

91

54.5

Mean (SD), 7.1 (8.6)

Fever at diagnosis (n = 157)

Yes

88

56.1

No

69

43.9

Indication of severity

Yes

21

11.3

No

165

88.7

Parasitaemia/mm³ (n = 172)

Mean (SD), 7,256 (11,147)