Plasmodium falciparum infection status | ||||||
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Characteristics | Symptomatic | Asymptomatic | Control | P value | ||
(S) | (AS) | (C) | (C vs. S) | (C vs. AS) | (S vs. AS) | |
No. of subjects | n = 15 | n = 11 | n = 7 | |||
Gender (% male) | 60.00% | 55.55% | 71.43% | |||
Median age (year) [range] | 28 [9–59] | 17 [12–41] | 30 [22–34] | 0.589 | 0.389 | 0.42 |
No. of Leukocytes (109/L)* | 5.0 [4.3–6.0] | 5.7 [5.1–7.6] | 5.5 [4.2–6.5] | 0.203 | 0.276 | 0.002 |
No. of Lymphocytes (109/L)* | 1.41 [0.93–2.1] | 1.78 [1.28–2.58] | 2.0 [1.4–2.6] | 0.0054 | 0.389 | 0.018 |
No. of Tregs (106/L)* | 7.88 [3.38–24.08] | 8.66 [5.01–16.06] | 11.09 [8.88–11.62] | 0.29 | 0.297 | 0.979 |
Parasitaemia** | 5999 [71–52,900] | 1 [1–2874] | NA | NA | NA | 0.0003 |