Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of visceral leishmaniasis patients at University of Gondar comprehensive specialized referral hospital leishmaniasis research and treatment center, Northwest Ethiopia2019
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 460 | 99.4 |
Female | 3 | 0.6 |
Age | ||
< 20 years | 154 | 33.3 |
20–40 | 288 | 62.2 |
> 40 | 21 | 4.5 |
Site of aspiration | ||
Spleen | 391 | 84.4 |
Bone marrow | 72 | 15.6 |
Parasite load | ||
1 + | 108 | 23.3 |
2 + | 107 | 23.1 |
3 + | 98 | 21.2 |
4 + | 59 | 12.7 |
5 + | 44 | 9.5 |
6 + | 47 | 10.2 |
Date of completion of treatment | ||
Day 17 | 349 | 75.4 |
Day 28 | 114 | 24.6 |