Table 1.

Demographic characteristics, clinical symptoms and basic laboratory findings of study subjects enrolled in the present study in four rural health centres and one referral hospital in Nanoro Health district

Category	Subcategory	N	Proportion (%)
Gender	Male	369	53.95
	Female	315	46.05
Age	≤12 months	201	29.39
	>12 months	483	70.61
Temperature	≥37.5 °C–≤38.5 °C	340	49.71
	>38.5 °C–≤39.5 °C	242	35.38
	>39.5 °C	102	14.91
Duration of fever	1 day	108	15.79
	2–3 days	518	75.73
	4–7 days	56	8.19
	>7 days	2	0.29
Vaccination according to the EPI	Yes	449	65.64
	No	133	19.44
	Unknown	102	14.91
Common symptoms	Cough	335	48.98
	Diarrhoea	266	38.89
	Vomiting	123	17.98
	Others	55	8.04
Basic laboratory findings	Haemoglobin rate
	< 8 g/dl	180	26.32
	≥ 8 g/dl–<11 g/dl	418	61.11
	≥11 g/dl	86	12.57
	White blood cells
	<4 × 103 cells/mm3	10	1.46
	≥4 ×103 cells/mm3–< 12 × 103 cells/mm3	348	50.88
	≥12 × 103 cells/mm3	326	47.66

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