Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study children enrolled in the three intervention arms

Characteristics	Clinical algorithm + microscopy (Arm-I)	Clinical algorithm (Arm-II)	No special training (Arm-III)
Total children enrolled	973	1058	1100
Mean age in months (SD)	22.5 (14.9)	20.0 (14.8)	20.4 (14.3)
Males	472 (48.5)	555 (52.5)	563 (50.8)
Prior treatment taken*
Paracetamol	520 (53.4)	522 (49.3)	442 (40.1)
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine	10 (1.0)	9 (0.9)	8 (0.7)
Amodiaquine	7 (0.7)	12 (1.1)	5 (0.5)
Antibiotics	11 (1.1)	22 (2.1)	6 (0.6)

Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise

*14 days prior to enrolment