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Table 2 Proportion of visits with P falciparum asexual parasitaemia and anemia

From: Clinical malaria in African pregnant women

N = 3129 *

  
 

n

%

P falciparum asexual parasitaemia

842

26.9

Moderate anemia†

1659

53.0

Severe anemia‡

77

2.5

Very severe anemia§

19

0.6

  1. * Number of first or only visits made by pregnant women with criteria for blood collection and complete laboratory results
  2. † Moderate anemia: hematocrit = 21–32%
  3. ‡ Severe anemia: hematocrit = 16–20%
  4. §Very severe anemia: hematocrit ≤15%
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