Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of P. vivax patients at the day of enrollment
Patient characteristics | Values | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male gender, n (%) | 51 (50.0%) | |||
Age (years), median (range) | 13.5 (5–44) | |||
Axillary temperature, mean (SD) | 37.4 ℃ (1.3) | |||
Haemoglobin (g/dL), mean (SD) | 11.8 (2.2) | |||
Microscopy asexual parasite density, geometric mean (range) in age groups | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
5 to 15 year (n = 54) | 8061.5/µL (246-32233) | |||
> 15 year (n = 48) | 4427/µL (541-31000) | |||
Patients presenting with gametocytes | 44.1% (45/102) | |||
Use of malaria infection prevention, n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Household with a bed net | 2 (2.0%) | |||
Patient who slept under bed net on the night before recruitment | 1 (1.0%) | |||
Households sprayed with insecticides | 35 (34.7%) | |||