Table 1.

Study population characteristics. February and June 2003, Antananarivo

		February 2003 n = 771	June 2003 n = 739	p
Age	< 5 years	50%	51.5%	NS
	= 5 years	50%	48.5%
Gender	Masculin	51.1%	47.2	NS
	Féminin	48.8%	52.8
Temperature	> 37.35°C	75.7%	79.4	NS
	≤37.5°C	24.3%	20.6