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Table 1 Case investigation of malaria patients in Sai Yok District, 2009

Characteristics	Migrant (n = 210)		Thai (n = 324)
Characteristics	n	%	n	%
Type of Infection
Species
Plasmodium falciparum	104	49.5	181	55.9
Plasmodium vivax	106	50.5	143	44.1
Type of patient
New case	178	84.8	301	92.9
Old case - not cured	6	2.9	4	1.2
Old case - reinfection	26	12.4	19	5.9
Personal characteristics
Gender
Male	151	71.9	235	72.5
Female	59	28.1	89	27.5
Age Group (Year)
< = 10	19	9.0	91	28.1
11-20	57	27.1	89	27.5
21-30	30	14.3	59	18.2
31-40	35	16.7	45	13.9
41-50	36	17.1	19	5.9
51-60	22	10.5	17	5.2
> = 61	11	5.2	4	1.2
Occupation
Pre-school child	10	4.8	35	10.8
Student	32	15.2	90	27.8
Agricultural - farming	131	62.4	172	53.1
Work in forest - cut wood, hunting	22	10.5	17	5.2
Commercial	8	3.8	3	0.9
Labor	4	1.9	7	2.2
Other	3	1.4	0	0.0
Marital status
Not married	90	42.9	207	63.9
Married	120	57.1	117	35.1
Risk factors
Stayed out of household (before infection)
No	87	41.4	111	34.3
Yes - within town/province	99	47.1	95	29.3
Yes - in Myanmar	24	11.4	116	35.8
Yes - not specified	0	0.0	2	0.6
Own bed-net
Not own any bed-net	7	3.3	7	2.2
Own at least 1 bed-net	203	96.7	317	97.8
Amount of bed-nets in household
1	47	22.4	142	43.8
2-3	147	70.0	165	51.0
4-5	7	3.4	10	3.0
Sleep in bed-net when staying in transmission area
No	64	30.5	75	23.1
Yes	143	68.1	246	75.9
Not specified	3	1,4	3	0.9
Staying in sprayed household
No	98	46.7	154	47.5
Yes	109	51.9	168	51.9
Not specified	3	1.4	2	0.6

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