From: Thrombocytopaenia in pregnant women with malaria on the Thai-Burmese border
Plasmodium falciparum | Plasmodium vivax | |
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Geometric mean [range] parasitaemia/μL | 2,288 [6–569,634] | 273 [1–82,934] |
Median episode number | 1 [1–9] | 1 [1–10] |
Median EGA, weeks | 22.4 [4–42] | 24.3 [5–40.6] |
Proportion with splenomegaly | 10.5 (66/628) | 2.0 (8/399) |
Median [range] spleen size, cm | 3 [1–13] | 3 [1–4] |
Proportion with hepatomegaly | 15.7 (99/630) | 5.8 (23/399) |
Median [range] liver, cm | 3 [1–9] | 2 [1–5] |
Proportion of asymptomatic episodes | 18.9 (131/694) | 30.4 (159/523) |
Proportion febrile (admission) | 27.6 (180/652) | 10.8 (52/482) |
Proportion women with a history of fever | 58.6 (407/694) | 28.5 (149/523) |
Median days of fever | 2 [1–30] | 2 [1–9] |
Proportion headache | 58.0 (393/678) | 45.7 (233/510) |
Proportion dizziness | 34.9 (237/679) | 34.9 (178/510) |
Proportion joint pain | 38.1 (259/679) | 34.7 (177/510) |
Proportion anorexia | 35.8 (243/678) | 23.7 (121/510) |
Proportion nausea | 26.7 (181/679) | 22.5 (115/510) |