Research Article
Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment of Malaria in Children That Presented with Fever in Lagos, Nigeria
Table 1
Prevalence and intensity of Plasmodium in the different age groups.
| | Age (yrs) | No examined | No positive (%) | Parasitaemia range | Mean parasitaemia (p/L) |
| | 0–≤5 yrs | 1,027 | 174 (16.9) | 15–678,269 | 39,903.6 | | >5–12 yrs | 183 | 77 (42.1) | 16–432,077 | 40,678.2 | | 0–12 yrs | 1,211 | 251 (20.7) | 15–678,269 | 40,141.2 | | <0.001 | <0.001 |
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