Table 2. Characteristics of patients fulfilling study protocol in 2017, by age group and parasite density, Zanzibar.
| Characteristic | Study group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017, all patients | 2017, children <5 y of age | 2017, children <10 y of age | 2017, children <15 y of age | 2017, parasite density >2,000/μL | |
| Total | 142 | 21 | 42 | 66 | 115 |
| M:F ratio | 99:43 | 13:8 | 28:14 | 45:21 | 81:34 |
| Median age (range) | 17 (2–60) y | 48 (21–60) mo | 5.5 (1.8–10) y | 9 (1.8–15) y | 16 (1.8–60) y |
| Geometric mean parasite density/μL (range) | 7,899 (75–304,000) | 15,773 (85–304,000) | 11,847 (85–304,000) | 10,618 (85–304,000) | 14,305 (2,175–304,000) |
| Mean ± SD temperature, °C | 37.8 ± 1.4 | 38.2 ± 1.2 | 38.1 ± 1.1 | 38.2 ± 1.2 | 37.9 ± 1.4 |
| Mean ± SD hemoglobin level, g/dL | 11.9 ± 2.2 | 9.1 ± 1.7 | 9.8 ± 1.9 | 10.6 ± 2.1 | 11.8 ± 2.3 |