Table 5.
Profile structure.
| Pole | Profile | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Negative | Puerto Nariño | Abdominal pain, yes | Fever, yes |
| Area 4 | Previous bouts of malaria, yes | Shivering, yes | |
| Headache, mild | Stagnant water, no | Vomiting, yes | |
| Stagnant water, no | 19–60 years of age | Diarrhoea, yes | |
| Shivering, no | Normal-coloured urine | Puerto Nariño | |
| Previous malaria, yes | Headache, moderate | Headache, moderate | |
| P. falciparum | Diarrhoea, yes | Normal-coloured urine | |
| Parasitaemia 2,000–4,999 | Fever, no | Area 4 | |
| Headache, mild | P. vivax | ||
| P. falciparum | P. malariae | ||
| P. malariae | Parasitaemia >9,999 | ||
| P. vivax | Parasitaemia 2,000–4,999 | ||
| Positive | Headache, moderate | Fever, yes | Headache, no |
| Previous bouts of malaria, no | Amber-coloured urine | Amber-coloured urine | |
| Mosquito net use, no | ≤5 years | Area 2 | |
| Shivering, yes | Water stagnation, yes | Area 1 | |
| Vomiting, yes | Previous bouts of malaria, no | 19–60 years of age | |
| Stagnant water, yes | Headache, no | Leticia | |
| Insecticide use, yes | Abdominal pain, no | Shivering, no | |
| Headache, severe | Fever, no | ||
| Area 1 | |||
| Leticia | |||
Modality consists of the variables making up each profile (negative and positive poles), taking the contribution, cosine squared and test values into account. Illustrative variables enriching each profile are indicated in bold.