Table 1.

A profile of the 98 malaria cases^afrom the 70 malaria-affected households

Clinical features	Male (n = 47)	Female (n = 51)
Median years of age (IQR) and range	27 (12,45), 2-78	28 (14,50), 3-81
Single laboratory-confirmed infectionsb
P. falciparum	29	27
P. vivax	15	21
No laboratory-confirmed infectionsb	3	3
Median days (IQR) and range of illness prior to hospitalization	3 (2,6), 1-7	3 (2,5), 1-9
Median days (IQR) and range of hospitalization	4 (2,5), 0-10	4 (2,7), 0-10

^aAll cases had their first infection between January 2007 and December 2010, and ^bclinically were uncomplicated.

IQR, Interquartiles 25^th and 75^th.