Skip to main content

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants (Nā€‰=ā€‰270)

From: Surveillance of pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions among symptomatic Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients in Central Vietnam

Variable

Gia Lai

Dak Lak

Overall

P. falciparum cases by LM

227

43

270

Number of CHC

15

12

27

Median age (range)

27 (7ā€“57)

33 (21ā€“58)

28 (7ā€“58)

Sex

Ā Male

222 (97.8%)

43 (100%)

265 (98.1%)

Ā Female

5 (2.2%)

0 (0)

5 (1.9%)

Occupationa

Ā Farmer

94 (42.0%)

20 (48.8%)

114 (43.0%)

Ā Slash-and-burn cultivation

110 (49.1%)

13 (31.7%)

123 (46.4%)

Ā Other

20 (8.9%)

8 (19.5%)

28 (10.6%)

Travel history in last 2Ā months

Ā Visited forest fieldsa

189 (84.4%)

41 (100%)

230 (86.8%)

Ā Travelled outside village of residencea

25 (11.2%)

16 (39.0%)

41 (15.5%)

Use of bednets

Ā At homea

199 (88.8%)

37 (90.2%)

236 (89.1%)

Ā In forest fieldsa

171 (76.3%)

28 (68.3%)

199 (75.1%)

Fevera

223 (99.6%)

41 (100%)

264 (99.6%)

RDT result

Ā P. falciparum

212 (93.4%)

43 (100%)

255 (94.4%)

Ā P. vivax or mixed

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Ā False-negative for P. falciparum

15 (6.6%)

0 (0)

15 (5.6%)

  1. anā€‰=ā€‰265 (Gia Lai, nā€‰=ā€‰224; Dak Lak, nā€‰=ā€‰41)