Table 3.

Characteristics of malaria patients identified by passive case detection.

Suspected malaria cases	4,862
	n,	%	(95%CI)
History of fever previous 48 hours	3,871	79.6	(66.2 ; 93)
Fever	4,570	94.0	(88.9 ; 99.1)
Malaria infection	893	18.4	(10.4 ; 26.4)
P. falciparum	677	13.9	(20.5; 34.3)
P. vivax	164	3.4	(2.4 ; 4.4)
P. malariae	1	0.02	(0 ;0.06)
Mixed	51	1.0	(0.7; 1.6)
Parasite density/μl (GM), without fever
P. falciparum	21	422.0	(974.0–1183.0)
P. vivax	8	174.0	(50.0–598.0)
Parasite density/μl (GM°), fever cases
P. falciparum	696	1880.0	(1563.0–2262.0)
P. vivax	202	641.0	(477.0–863.0)
Gametocytes carriers	192	3.9	(2.7 ; 5.2)
Malaria cases by age group
≤ 9 years	435	22.6	(13.7; 35.1)
10–19 years	202	22.2	(14.2; 32.9)
20–29 years	106	16.6	(9.5 ; 27.4)
30–39 years	74	14.1	(8.6 ; 22.5)
40–49 years	49	11.2	(7.0 ; 17.3)
≥ 50 years	27	6.3	(3.0 ; 12.5)

GM: geometric mean