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Table 4 Warning signs of malaria in the study population

From: Clinical profile of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections in low and unstable malaria transmission settings of Colombia

Sign

P. falciparum (n = 68/650)

P. vivax (n = 61/673)

p value a

 

n

%

n

%

 

Tachypnea without fever

17

2.6

30

4.5

0.076

Choluria

30

4.6

13

1.9

0.007

Persistent vomiting

11

1.7

13

1.9

0.744

Consciousness alteration

9

1.4

5

0.8

0.254

Convulsions

1

0.2

0

0

NA

  1. ap value using the Chi-square test. NA, not applicable. Most frequent and significant data are highlighted in bold.
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