Table 1:

General characteristics of the sample

Characteristics of the sample	Percent
Sex
Male	41.1
Female	58.9
Diagnosis
Pure P. falciparum	90.3
Additional diagnosis	9.7
Presence of fever at examination
Fever	85.5
Reported fever within the last 48 hours	15.5
Parasitemia levels
Low (<500 parasites/μl)	69.4
Medium (500 – 100,000 parasites/μl)	30.6
Body weights
10.0 – 14.9 kg	75.8
15.0 – 24.9 kg	24.2