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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Performance of rapid diagnostic test, blood-film microscopy and PCR for the diagnosis of malaria infection among febrile children from Korogwe District, Tanzania

Patient characteristics

Total (%)

Gender

 Girls

408 (47.1)

 Boys

459 (52.9)

Age

 2–11 months

356 (41.1)

 12–35 months

370 (42.7)

 36–59 months

141 (16.3)

 Duration of fever in days, median (IQR)

2 (1–2)

 Axillary temperature ≥37.5 °C (IQR)

38.1 (37.5–38.7)

Parasite density levels per µL blood (n = 72)

 <1000

3 (4.2)

 1000–100,000

43 (59.7)

 100,000–200,000

9 (12.5)

 >200,000

17 (23.6)

  1. IQR interquartile range