Table 1 Patient characteristics
| 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) |