Table 2.
Characteristics of cases of malaria (total and by group)
|
Characteristics of cases of malaria (total and by group) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total |
Traveler |
Native |
Native-traveler |
Resident in endemic zone |
||
| n=293; (100%) | n=67; (22.86%) | n=138; (47.09%) | n=14; (4.77%) | n=74; (25.26%) | ||
| Age. Mean (SD) |
39.66 (14.40) |
37.55 (10.45) |
41.38 (16.52) |
35.39 (9.72) |
55.29 (16.68) |
|
| Males n (%) |
155 (52.9) |
42 (62.7) |
66 (47.8) |
36 (48.6) |
11 (78.6) |
|
| Median time (days) to diagnosis (range) |
11 (0-1544) |
8 (0-730) |
15 (0-1544) |
12 (0-317) |
8.5 (0-37) |
|
| Antimalarial chemoprophylaxis n (%) |
36 (12.3) |
21 (31.3) |
n.a |
15 (20.3) |
n.a |
|
| Symptomatic n (%) |
198 (67.6) |
62 (92.5) |
56 (40.6) |
11 (78.6) |
69 (93.2) |
|
| Abnormal laboratorial tests |
Anaemia |
96 (32.8) |
11 (16.4) |
53 (38.4) |
28 (37.8) |
4 (28.6) |
| Leukocytopenia |
50 (17.1) |
12 (17.9) |
21 (15.2) |
12 (18.9) |
3 (21.4) |
|
| Thrombocytopenia |
126 (43) |
32 (47.8) |
35 (25.4) |
50 (67.6) |
9 (64.3) |
|
| Renal failure |
31 (10.6) |
12 (17.9) |
11 (8) |
7 (9.5) |
1 (7.1) |
|
| Jaundice |
9 (3.1) |
4 (6) |
3 (2.2) |
2 (2.7) |
0 (0) |
|
| Comorbidity n (%) |
177 (60.4%) |
23 (34.3) |
109 (79) |
36 (48.6) |
9 (64.3) |
|
| SMM n (%) |
104 (35.5) |
13 (19.4) |
83 (60.1) |
6 (8.1) |
2 (14.3) |
|
| Plasmodium species |
P. falciparum |
255 (87) |
52 (77.6) |
123 (89.1) |
70 (94.6) |
10 (71.4) |
| P. vivax |
13 (4.4) |
7 (10.4) |
3 (2.2) |
1 (1.4) |
2 (14.3) |
|
| P. ovale |
13 (4.4) |
4 (6) |
7 (5.1) |
1 (1.4) |
1 (7.1) |
|
| P. malariae |
6 (2) |
3 (4.5) |
2 (1.4) |
0(0) |
1 (7.1) |
|
| Mixed infections |
6 (2) |
1 (1.5) |
3 (2.2) |
2 (2.8) |
0 (0) |
|
| Median of parasitation index -in microscopic malaria- (range) | 0.1 (0.1-50) | 0.1 (0.1-50) | 0.1 (0.1-15) | 0.6 (0.1-30) | 0.1 (0.1-2.7) | |
Abbreviations (in alphabetical order). n.a Not applicable. SD (standard deviation). SMM Submicroscopic malaria.