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Table 3 Clinical features of the malaria cases [all diagnoses were confirmed except in 4 patients (two P. vivax mono-infections were probable diagnoses, and in two mixed infections, P. falciparum infection was probable while P. vivax infection was confirmed)] in Eritrean migrants

From: Area of exposure and treatment challenges of malaria in Eritrean migrants: a GeoSentinel analysis

Time of onset in relation to time of arrival in the host countrya

 

 Onset of symptoms before arrival

31 (31.0%)

 Onset of symptoms after arrival

69 (69.0%)

 Time between arrival date and onset of symptoms in patients with onset after arrival (N = 69)

94.9 days (148.9)

 Mean (standard deviation)

39 days (0–721)

 Median (range)

 

 Time between onset of symptoms and visit date to GeoSentinel clinic (N = 69)

9.9 days (19.1)

 Mean (standard deviation)

3 days (0–92)

 Median (range)

 

Location of care

 

 Inpatient

96 (65.8%)

 Outpatient

50 (34.2%)

Malaria classification

 

 Non-severe

137 (93.9%)

 Severe and complicatedb

9 (6.1%)

Main symptoms

 

 Fever/sweats/chills

143 (98.0%)

 Gastrointestinal

14 (9.6%)

 Fatigue

12 (8.2%)

 Headaches

11 (7.5%)

 Respiratory

10 (6.9%)

 Neurologic

5 (3.4%)

 Genito-urinary/renal

3 (2.1%)

 Cardiac

2 (1.4%)

  1. aInformation available for 100 patients out of 146
  2. bP. vivax infection with severe anaemia (n = 3), P. vivax infection with renal failure (n = 1), P. vivax infection with cardiovascular failure (n = 1), P. falciparum infection with severe anaemia (n = 1), P. falciparum infection with hyperparasitaemia and respiratory failure (n = 1), unknown malaria species infection with neurological symptoms (n = 1) and unknown malaria species infection with cardiovascular failure (n = 1)