Research Article
Severe Malaria Associated with Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax among Children in Pawe Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Clinical features of malaria infected children with respect to different spp. of Plasmodium infections in Pawe Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.
| | Characteristics | P. f () | Mix () | P. v () |
| | Temperature (°C) | 38.63 ± 0.25 | 38.62 ± 0.73 | 38.62 ± 0.14 | | Bed net | 42 (55.26) | 23 (30.26) | 11 (14.47) | | Hb (g/dL) | 7.87 ± 1.03 | 8 ± 3.6 | 8 ± 2.69 | | HCT (hematocrit) (%) | 27.52 ± 2.4 | 28.14 ± 1.98 | 26.17 ± 3.11 | | Mean parasite (parasite/µL) | 10963 ± 3692 | 7923 ± 2756 | 3902 ± 1569 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 19.15 ± 1.28 | 18.44 ± 0.99 | 19.2 ± 1.1 | | Vomiting | 119 (73.45) | 27 (16.67) | 16 (9.87) | | Diarrhea | 68 (72.34) | 18 (19.15) | 8 (8.5) | | Hepatomegaly | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | | Splenomegaly | 6 () | 2 () | 2 () |
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P. f = P. falciparum, P. v = P. vivax, Mix = mixed infection; numbers within bracket are %.
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