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Table 3 Symptoms associated with fevers in 306 adults travelling in Burkina Faso, regardless of the link to malaria

From: Malaria relevance and diagnosis in febrile Burkina Faso travellers: a prospective study

Symptom

Non-malaria patients

Malaria patients

Total

 

237

69

306

Isolated fever

68

54

122

Prevalence

28.7%

78.3%

39.9%

Digestive symptoms

88

9

97

Prevalence

37.1%

13.0%

31.7%

ENT symptoms

37

5

42

Prevalence

15.2%

7.3%

13.7%

Respiratory symptoms

36

1

37

Prevalence

15.2%

1.5%

12.1%

Urinary symptoms

4

0

4

Prevalence

1.7%

 

1.3%

Cutaneous symptoms

4

0

4

Prevalence

1.7%

 

1.3%