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Table 1 General characteristics of patients

From: Diagnostic performance of CareStart™ malaria HRP2/pLDH (Pf/pan) combo test versus standard microscopy on falciparum and vivax malaria between China-Myanmar endemic borders

Total

 

241

Mean age (range) (years)

 

29.62 ± 11.21 (3–58)

Age group (%)

≤5 years old

4 (1.66%)

5–18 years old

22 (9.13%)

>18 years old

215 (89.21%)

Gender (%)

Male

188 (78.01%)

Female

53 (21.99%)

Geometric mean parasite density (range)/μl

5,990 (48~377143)/μl

Parasite density distribution

<100/μl

4 (3.18)%

100 ~ 1,000/μl

15 (11.90%)

>1,000/μl

107 (84.92%)