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Table 2 Clinical profile of malaria patients at HC-UNICAMP in the period 1998-2011

From: Imported malaria in a non-endemic area: the experience of the university of Campinas hospital in the Brazilian Southeast

Variable

Infectious species

P value

P. falciparum

 

P. vivax

 

Days of symptoms prior to diagnosis

N = 53

 

N = 100

  

Median [IQR]

4

[3-7]

6

[4-9]

0,0326

Hospitalization (%)

35/67

(52)

30/151

(20)

<0,0001

Days of hospitalization

N = 35

 

N = 29

  

Median [IQR]

4

[2-6]

3

[2-4]

0,1701

Days since return from endemic area

N = 40

 

N = 59

  

Median [IQR]

10

[5-14]

15

[8-25]

0,0078

Months in endemic area*

N = 29

 

N = 57

  

Median [IQR]

1

[0,6-4,5]

1

[0,5-2,5]

0,2136

Referred fever (%)

61/67

(91)

125/151

(83)

0,1465

Referred shivers (%)

29/67

(43)

73/151

(48)

0,5569

Referred headache (%)

45/67

(67)

80/151

(53)

0,0550

Referred myalgia (%)

33/67

(49)

69/151

(46)

0,6607

Arthralgia (%)

10/11

(91)

22/32

(69)

0,2370

Vomiting (%)

25/36

(69)

24/44

(55)

0,2488

Sweating (%)

10/14

(71)

17/28

(61)

0,7337

Tachypnea (%)

9/18

(50)

5/12

(42)

0,7220

Jaundice (%)

22/34

(65)

19/46

(41)

0,0448

Splenomegaly (%)

22/43

(51)

20/58

(34)

0,1060

  1. *Only patients considered to be travellers (<12 months in endemic area).