Table 1.
Characteristics of patients infected with Plasmodium parasites (a) in Bu Gia Map commune, Binh Phuoc Province, and diagnosis results of Plasmodium species in samples of human blood samples (b)
| a. Characteristics of the study patients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. examined (Plasmodium positive cases) | 48 | |||
| Age (years) | 3 to 61 (mean ± SD: 28 ± 12) | |||
| Sex | 47 male, 1 female | |||
| Body temperature (°C) | 37.7 to 39.6 (mean ± SD: 38.5 ± 0.5) | |||
| Estimated location of infection | Total | Pf | Pv | Pf + Pv |
| In the National Park | 36 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
| In the commune | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| b. Malaria diagnosis results of the study sample | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infected Plasmodium species | Microscopy | RDT | PCR | |
| Pf | 24 | 24 | 23 | |
| Pv | 24 | 24 | 24 | |
| Pm | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Pf + Pv | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Pf: P. falciparum; Pv: P. vivax; Pm: P. malariae; Pf + Pv: mixed infection with Pf and Pv