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Table 1 Summary characteristics of clinical malaria cases attending the IJMHP between 2003 and 2013

From: A prospective cohort study to assess the micro-epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum clinical malaria in Ilha Josina Machel (Manhiça, Mozambique)

Season

Total outpatient visits (%)

SPR (%)

Clinical malaria cases (%)

Mean age (SD)

Mean PCV (SD)

GMP parasites per µL (SD)

03–04

5735 (8)

2886 (55)

2940 (51)

2.9 (2.8)

29.7 (5.8)

5778.3 (2.4)

04–05

5213 (7)

3122 (66)

3189 (61)

3.0 (2.7)

29.0 (5.5)

5846.6 (2.4)

05–06

5660 (8)

3123 (63)

3202 (57)

3.4 (3.0)

29.2 (5.7)

5214.3 (2.7)

06–07

6474 (9)

2778 (51)

2813 (43)

3.7 (3.1)

30.3 (5.4)

5692.9 (2.6)

07–08

6152 (9)

1288 (27)

1354 (22)

4.0 (3.1)

30.6 (5.5)

9443.9 (2.4)

08–09

7366 (10)

1646 (28)

1709 (23)

4.5 (3.2)

31.2 (5.1)

9443.1 (2.3)

09–10

7289 (10)

2049 (37)

2214 (30)

4.8 (3.2)

30.7 (5.2)

14,951.3 (2.6)

10–11

8291 (12)

3328 (47)

3336 (40)

5.3 (3.5)

31.1 (5.3)

15,788.5 (2.7)

11–12

8667 (12)

3354 (46)

3454 (40)

5.2 (3.4)

31.7 (5.3)

12,424.6 (2.7)

12–13

9851 (14)

4742 (56)

4986 (51)

5.7 (3.5)

32.4 (5.3)a

17,316.0 (2.5)

Total

70,698 (100)

28,316 (48)

29,197 (41)

4.3 (0.01)

30.5 (0.03)

10,189.9 (1469.0)

  1. SPR slide positivity rate, SD standard deviation, PCV packed cell volume, GMP geometric mean parasite density
  2. a86 % clinical malaria cases without PCV information