Table 1 Sociodemographic and household characteristics of enrolled participants.
Characteristics | Vivax malaria | Falciparum malaria |
|---|---|---|
(n = 170) | (n = 67) | |
Socio-demographic | ||
Age (in years)* | 28.5 (17–45) | 37 (22–58) |
Male | 113 (66.47) | 42 (62.69) |
Occupation | ||
Agriculture | 24 (14.20) | 21 (31.34) |
Housewife | 28 (16.57) | 14 (20.90) |
Student | 43 (25.44) | 10 (14.93) |
Logger | 1( 0.59) | 0 (0.00) |
Health worker | 1 (0.59) | 1 (1.49) |
Other | 73 (42.90) | 21 (31.34) |
Health facility (HF) | ||
Hospital de Apoyo | 9 (5.29) | 3 (4.48) |
Bellavista-Nanay HF | 41 (24.12) | 9 (13.43) |
Moronacocha HF | 30 (17.65) | 20 (29.85) |
Padrecocha HF | 32 (18.82) | 14 (20.90) |
Quistococha HF | 1 (0.59) | 0 (0.00) |
Rumococha HF | 13 (7.65) | 0 (0.00) |
San Juan HF | 3 (1.76) | 5 (7.46) |
Santa Clara HF | 30 (17.65) | 10 (14.93) |
Santo Tomas HF | 2 (1.18) | 0 (0.00) |
Tupac HF | 9 (5.29) | 1 (1.49) |
Mazan HF | 0 (0.0) | 5 (7.46) |
Clinical | ||
Headache | 161 (94.71) | 61 (91.04) |
Malaise | 149 (96.13) | 60 (89.55) |
Chills | 150 (88.24) | 58 (86.57) |
Jaundice | 0 (0.00) | 28 (49.12) |
Fever | 162 (95.29) | 61 (91.04) |
Sweating | 132 (85.16) | 48 (71.64) |
Diarrhea | 15 (9.68) | 7 (12.28) |
Vomiting | 14 (8.24) | 10 (14.93) |
Seizures | 6 (3.87) | 2 (3.57) |
Breathing problems | 36 (23.38) | 15 (26.32) |
Pregnancy | 4 (7.02)** | 1 (3.85)*** |
Laboratory | ||
Asexual parasitaemia determined by microscopy (par/uL)* | 8,405.5 (3676–14,554) | 2,913 (750–6877) |
Asexual parasitaemia determined by microscopy (log par/uL)* | 9.05 (8.24–9.60) | 7.99 (7.19–8.87) |
Sexual parasitaemia determined by microscopy (par/uL)* | 116 (59–182) | 0 (0–29) |
Sexual parasitaemia determined by microscopy (Log par/uL)* | 4.79 (4.08–5.56) | 4.46 (4.07–5.66)**** |
Epidemiology | ||
Malaria episodes at last 10 years* | 3 (1–5) | 2 (0–4) |
Malaria episodes at last year* | 1 (0–2) | 0 (0–1) |
Relative with malaria at the last year | 63 (44.68) | 22 (38.60) |
