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Table 2 Characteristics of febrile and non-febrile patients included in the study

From: Accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test on the diagnosis of malaria infection and of malaria - attributable fever during low and high transmission season in Burkina Faso

 

Fever

History of fever‡

No fever

Dry season: N (%)

852

474

908

- Age: mean (SD)

11.5 (14.1)

22.2 (18.6)

22.7 (18.4)

- P. falciparum infected: n (%)

186 (21.8)

65 (13.7)

148 (16.3)

- median (IQR) parasite density†

360 (120 - 2520)

360 (120 - 2760)

240 (80 - 1300)

- RDT positive: n/N tested (%)

113/400Â¥ (28.3)

NA

NA

Rainy season: N

1317

731

938

- Age (mean)

10.7 (13.4)

19.2 (17.4)

21.2 (16.8)

- P. falciparum infected: n (%)

841 (63.9)

305 (41.7)

318 (33.9)

- median (IQR) parasite density†

5200 (1124 - 42400)

2720 (360 - 15730)

600 (80 - 3320)

- RDT positive: n/N tests (%)

443/650Â¥ (68.2)

NA

NA

  1. † For those with any parasites.
  2. ‡ For those with axillary temperature < 37.5°C.
  3. ¥ Seven indeterminate results (four in the dry season and three in the rainy season) and one missing result (rainy season) were excluded from the denominator of N tested and from subsequent calculations of RDT accuracy