Table 3 Clinical characteristics of 274 Kenyan individuals enrolled in the study.

From: Development of a quantitative, portable, and automated fluorescent blue-ray device-based malaria diagnostic equipment with an on-disc SiO2 nanofiber filter

Characteristics

Age (years)

≤2

29

3–5

60

6–10

93

11≤

92

Average

8.4

Sex

Male

119

Female

155

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

<7

3

7–9

22

10–13

162

13<

87

Average (95% CI)

12.1 ± 0.2

Plasmodium infection status evaluated by nested PCR (number of individuals)

Pf

48

Pf+Po

4

Pf+Pm

1

Negative

221

Parasitemia; Median (range)

0.04% (0.00043%–1.32%)

Plasmodium infection status evaluated by RDTa (number of individuals)

Positive

152

Negative

122

  1. aRapid diagnostic test.