Table 2.

Malaria types, etiologies, and treatment perceptions mentioned in survey (N = 607)

	Frequency (n)	Proportion (%)
Knowledge of several types of malaria
Awareness of different malaria species	587	96.7
Types of malaria mentioned
Malaria tersiana	573	94.4
Malaria tropika	571	94.1
Mixed infection	25	4.1
Malariae malaria	18	3.0
Bone malaria	17	2.8
Others (quartana, haemorrhagic fever, batana, gamete)	28	4.6
Perceived malaria severity
Tersiana is more severe	267	44.0
Tropika is more severe	274	45.1
Other types of malaria are more severe	14	2.3
Do not know	18	3.0
No answer	34	5.6
Perception of the cause of a malaria episode
Fatigue	284	46.8
Mosquito bite	224	36.9
Weather-related (rain/cold/heat/etc.)	138	22.7
Eating too late in the evening	107	17.6
Worked too hard	57	9.4
Food-related (ate cold food/street food/cane and coconut)	6	1.0
Not using bed net	31	5.1
Perception of malaria illness
Possible to have malaria in blood and feeling healthy	291	47.9
Not possible to have malaria in blood and feeling healthy	175	28.8
Do not know	141	23.2
Perception of malaria treatment effectiveness
Make body feel better	581	95.7
Does not make body feel better	21	3.5