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Table 1 Main characteristics of malaria cases

From: Imported malaria cases: the connection with the European ex-colonies

Cases in the region of Aragon (1996–2017) (N = 609)

 Age (median)

30 (IR 26.25)

 Sex: male/female; N (%)

354 (58.1%)/255 (41.9%)

 Continent of travel; N (%)

 

  Africa

538 (95.2%)

  Latin America

13 (2.3%)

  Asia

12 (2.1%)

  Oceania

1 (0.2%)

  Europea

1 (0.2%)

 Plasmodium species; N (%)

 

  P. falciparum

475 (88%)

  P. vivax

28 (5.2%)

  P. ovale

7 (1.3%)

  P. malariae

9 (1.7%)

  Mixed infection

4 (0.7%)

  Plasmodium sp.

17 (3.1%)

 Hospitalization; N (%)

 

  Yes

540 (89.26%)

  No

65 (10.64%)

 Death; N (%)

 

  Yes

4 (0.7%)

  No

570 (99.3%)

Cases in the main province (2000–2017) (N = 459)

 Reason for travel; N (%)

 

  Immigrant

109 (23.8%)

  VFR

300 (65.4%)

  Traveller

 

   Tourism

22 (4.8%)

   Work

19 (4.0%)

   Cooperation

9 (2.0%)

 Chemoprophylaxis; N (%)

 

  No

329 (74.9%)

  Yes

73 (16.6%)

  Incomplete

37 (8.4%)

 Fever at diagnosis; N (%)

 

  Yes

388 (85.5%)

  No

66 (14.5%)

  1. The lost cases of each variable are not included in the table
  2. IR interquartile range
  3. aCorresponding to the only autochthonous case reported in Aragon, Spain