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Table 1 Participants’ profile

From: The correlation between malaria RDT (Paracheck pf.®) faint test bands and microscopy in the diagnosis of malaria in Malawi

 

Number (%) n = 388

Male

147 (37.9%)

Female

241 (62.1%)

Age range

 0-5 years

151 (39.0%)

 6-15 years

70 (18.0%)

 Over 15 years

167 (43.0%)

Body temperature

 

 37.5° - 38.4°

23 (5.9%)

  > 38.5°

17 (4.4%)

Patients’ complaints (multiple answers)

 Cough

175

 Feeling feverish

174

 General body pain

102

 Headache

74

 Abdominal pain

64

 Watery diarrhea

44

 Vomit

24