Table 1. Demographic characteristics of patients with P. vivax and P. falciparum infections, Orakzai Agency (FATA), Pakistan, 2011–2013a.
Characteristic | Frequency (%) | |||
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P. vivax | P. falciparum | Mixed | ||
Sex | Male | 112 (73) | 12 (57) | 1 (33) |
Female | 42 (27) | 9 (43) | 2 (67) | |
Age | ≤ 20 | 89 (58) | 12 (57) | 3 (100) |
> 20 | 65 (42) | 9 (43) | 0 | |
Previously healthy individuals | 147 (95) | 21 (100) | 3 (100) | |
Concurrent illness | Diabetes | 7 (5) | 0 | 0 |
a Number of participants = 178 (diagnosed by nPCR and microscopy)