Table. Clinical data for 6 US travelers with falciparum malaria returning from East Africa, 2005*.

Patient no.	Malaria severity (4)	Temp, °C	BP, mm Hg	Parasitemia, %	HGB†	Platelets‡	Creatinine§	Bilirubin¶	ALT#	Base excess**
1	Severe	38.2	97/52	3.5	9.3	33	89	71	103	–2.4
2	Severe	40.1	132/73	3.5	16.0	38	108	40	101	3.1
3	Mild	38.0	110/75	1.0	13.3	48	70	20	34	ND
4	Severe	36.4	99/63	3.5	16.5	193	111	22	34	–2.3
5	Severe	39.4	105/72	1.5	16.8	121	103	20	38	-0.8
6	Severe	37.8	79/53	1.0	13.1	54	102	9	41	–4.8

*Date of symptom onset for each patient was 2005 Jul 20. Temp, body temperature; BP, blood pressure; HGB, hemoglobin; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; ND, not done.
†Reference range 11–15 g/dL.
‡Reference range 120–308 × 10⁹/L.
§Reference range <100 μm/L. To convert to mg/dL, divide by 88.4.
¶Reference range <19 μm/L. To convert to mg/dL, divide by 17.1.
#Reference range 19–50 U/L.
**In mmol/L. To convert to mEq/L, divide by 1.0.