|
Symptom/sign
|
SCD (n = 60)
|
Symptom/sign
|
HbAA (n = 59)
|
|---|
|
Fever*
|
33
|
Fever
|
57
|
|
Bone and/or joint pain
|
24
|
Vomiting
|
32
|
|
Abdominal pain
|
11
|
Headache
|
21
|
|
Headache
|
10
|
Abdominal pain
|
17
|
|
Chills and/or rigors
|
9
|
Poor appetite
|
11
|
|
Jaundice
|
7
|
Cough
|
6
|
|
General malaise
|
5
|
General malaise
|
4
|
|
Vomiting
|
4
|
Convulsion
|
3
|
|
Dark urine
|
4
|
Nasal congestion
|
2
|
|
Poor appetite
|
3
|
Chills and/or rigors
|
1
|
|
Cough
|
3
|
Diarrhoea
|
1
|
|
Dizziness
|
2
|
Dizziness
|
1
|
|
Easy fatigability
|
2
|
Weight loss
|
1
|
|
Sore throat
|
1
|
-
| |
|
Nasal congestion
|
1
|
-
| |
|
Priapism
|
1
|
-
| |
|
Swollen lower limb
|
1
|
-
| |
- *Fever = measured temperature ≥ 37.5°C; majority of subjects presented with more than one symptom; therefore, data is not 100% cumulative.
