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Table 1 The characteristics of imported P. malariae cases in Jiangsu Province, China, 2013–2020

From: Poor performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of Plasmodium malariae among returned international travellers in China

 

Number of cases n = 69 (%)

Sex

 Male

66 (95.7)

 Female

3 (4.3)

Age

  ≤ 30

10 (14.5)

 31–40

19 (27.5)

 41–50

31 (44.9)

  > 50

9 (13.1)

Origin of infection

 Angola

19 (27.5)

 Equatorial Guinea

15 (21.7)

 Nigeria

6 (8.7)

 Congo (Brazzaville)

5 (7.2)

 Congo (Kinshasa)

5 (7.2)

 Liberia

4 (5.8)

 Gabon

4 (5.8)

 Cameroon

4 (5.8)

 Republic of the Sudan

2 (2.9)

 Chad

1 (1.4)

 Zambia

1 (1.4)

 Mozambique

1 (1.4)

 Togo

1 (1.4)

 Kenya

1 (1.4)

Parasitaemia load (p/μL)

  <  = 1000

16 (23.2)

 1001–5000

39 (56.5)

  >  = 5001

14 (20.3)