Table 1.
Characteristics of children enrolled in the study.
| Uncomplicated malaria |
Severe malaria |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| All children | 169 | 57.1 | 127 | 42.9 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 93 | 55.0 | 76 | 59.8 |
| Female | 76 | 45.0 | 51 | 40.2 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Mandingo | 64 | 37.9 | 53 | 41.7 |
| Wollof | 19 | 11.2 | 9 | 7.1 |
| Fulla | 34 | 20.1 | 24 | 18.9 |
| Jola | 31 | 18.3 | 19 | 15.0 |
| Serehuli | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Serere | 6 | 3.6 | 4 | 3.1 |
| Manjago | 7 | 4.1 | 6 | 4.7 |
| Aku | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 4 | 2.4 | 6 | 4.7 |
| Unknown | 2 | 1.2 | 5 | 3.9 |
| Prior antimalarial | ||||
| Yes | 24 | 14.2 | 29 | 22.8 |
| No | 136 | 80.5 | 92 | 72.4 |
| Unknown | 9 | 5.3 | 6 | 4.7 |
| Clonality of infection | ||||
| Monoclonal | 48 | 28.4 | 28 | 22.0 |
| Polyclonal | 67 | 39.6 | 49 | 38.6 |
| Not tested | 54 | 32.0 | 50 | 39.4 |
| Survival to day 7 | ||||
| Yes | 169 | 100 | 122 | 96.1 |
| No | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.93 |