Table 1.

Aggregate Clinical Data of VL Patient at the Point of Diagnosis

	VL (n = 196)	EC (n = 59)
Age in years	30 (7–62)a	35 (19–56)
Sex % (M/F)	60/40	44/56
WBC (per mm3)	4550 (1300–15 800)	ND
Splenic scoreb	2 (1–5)	NA
Spleen enlargement (cm)	4 (0–20)	NA
Days of fever	30 (4–365)	NA

Abbreviations: ND, not done; NA, not applicable.

^a Median values are shown, range given within parenthesis.

^b Scoring of parasite load is on a logarithmic scale from 1 to 6, were 0 is no parasites per 1000 microscopic fields (1000×), 1 is 1–10 parasites per 1000 fields, and 6 is >100 parasites per field.