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Table 3 Clinical profile of patients who showed a faint test band

From: The correlation between malaria RDT (Paracheck pf.®) faint test bands and microscopy in the diagnosis of malaria in Malawi

 

Age range

Sex

Body temperature

Patients’ complaints

Microscopy result

1

>16 years old

F

<37.5

GBPa

2

>16 years old

F

<37.5

Feeling feverish, cough

3

6–15 years

M

<37.5

Feeling feverish, cough

4

6–15 years

F

<37.5

GBP, feeling feverish, cough

5

6–15 years

F

<37.5

Cough

6

>16 years

F

<37.5

Headache, muscle pain

7

6–15 years

F

<37.5

Headache

8

<5 years

M

<37.5

Feeling feverish, cough

9

<5 years

F

<37.5

Feeling feverish, cough

10

6–15 years

F

<37.5

Feeling feverish

++

11

<5 years

F

<37.5

Feeling feverish, cough

12

>16 years

M

<37.5

GBP, headache

13

>16 years

F

<37.5

GBP, headache

14

>16 years

F

<37.5

GBP, cough

15

<5 years

M

<37.5

Feeling feverish, cough

16

>16 years

F

<37.5

GBP, feeling feverish, cough, abdominal pain

17

6–15 years

M

<37.5

Feeling feverish, abdominal pain

18

>16 years

F

<37.5

GBP, feeling feverish, cough

+

19

>16 years

F

<37.5

GBP, feeling feverish

20

>16 years

M

<37.5

GBP, headache

+

21

>16 years

F

<37.5

Feeling feverish, headache

  1. aGBP = general body pain