Symptoms/Signs | Total (N = 287; 100%) | P. vivax (N = 200; 69.7%) | P. falciparum (N = 69; 24%) | Mixed malaria (N = 18; 6.3%) | p-value |
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Symptoms | |||||
Fever | 277 (96.5) | 193 (96.5) | 66 (95.7) | 18 (100) | 0.49* |
Chills | 262 (91.3) | 184 (92) | 62 (89.9) | 16 (88.9) | 0.8† |
Diaphoresis | 127 (44.3) | 95 (47.5) | 27 (39.1) | 5 (27.8) | 0.16† |
Otalgia | 13 (4.5) | 10 (5) | 3 (4.3) | – | 0.41* |
Epistaxis | 7 (2.4) | 4 (2) | 2 (2.9) | 1 (5.6) | 0.67* |
Gingivorrhagia | 5 (1.7) | 3 (1.5) | 2 (2.9) | – | 0.56* |
Dyspnea | 32 (11.1) | 24 (12) | 6 (8.7) | 2 (11.1) | 0.75† |
Cough | 33 (11.5) | 19 (9.5) | 13 (18.8) | 1 (5.6) | 0.07† |
Chest pain | 34 (11.8) | 26 (13) | 7 (10.1) | 1 (5.6) | 0.56* |
Abdominal pain | 91 (31.7) | 67 (33.5) | 22 (31.9) | 2 (11.1) | 0.14† |
Diarrhoea | 39 (13.6) | 29 (14.5) | 7 (10.1) | 3 (16.7) | 0.6† |
Emesis | 54 (18.8) | 33 (16.5) | 16 (23.2) | 5 (27.8) | 0.28† |
Myalgia | 116 (40.4) | 82 (41) | 28 (40.6) | 6 (33.3) | 0.88* |
Arthralgia | 113 (39.4) | 79 (39.5) | 28 (40.6) | 6 (33.3) | 0.83† |
Headache | 260 (90.6) | 182 (91) | 61 (88.4) | 17 (94.4) | 0.69† |
Low back pain | 135 (47) | 97 (48.5) | 30 (43.5) | 8 (44.4) | 0.75† |
Signs | |||||
Jaundice | 81 (28.2) | 55 (27.5) | 23 (33.3) | 3 (16.7) | 0.25† |
Pallor | 138 (48.1) | 101 (50.5) | 26 (37.7) | 11 (61.1) | 0.96† |
Hepatomegaly | 29 (10.1) | 16 (8) | 10 (14.5) | 3 (16.7) | 0.19† |
Splenomegaly | 14 (4.9) | 5 (2.5) | 7 (10.1) | 2 (11.1) | 0.02*‡ |
Oliguria | 19 (6.6) | 10 (5) | 8 (11.6) | 1 (5.6) | 0.16* |
Polyuria | 42 (14.6) | 29 (14.5) | 11 (15.9) | 2 (11.1) | 0.87† |
Choluria | 110 (38.3) | 77 (38.5) | 27 (39.1) | 6 (33.3) | 0.9† |
Somnolence | 20 (7) | 9 (4.5) | 10 (14.5) | 1 (5.6) | 0.03*§ |
Stupor | 3 (1) | – | 3 (4.3) | – | – |
Seizures | 3 (1) | – | 3 (4.3) | – | – |
Oedema | 7 (2.4) | 3 (1.5) | 3 (4.3) | 1 (5.6) | 0.32* |
Ascites | 1 (0.3) | – | 1 (1.4) | – | 0.23* |