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Table 2 Malaria species and parasite density among study participants

From: Burden of malaria among adult patients attending general medical outpatient department and HIV care and treatment clinics in Oromia, Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study

Category

HIV negative (%) (n = 143)

HIV positive (%) (n = 13)

Total (%) (n = 156)

Malaria parasite species

 P. falciparum

69 (48.3)

6 (46.2)

75 (48.1)

 P. vivax

74 (51.8)

7 (53.9)

81 (51.9)

Parasite density

 ≤5000

90 (62.9)

5 (38.5)

95 (60.9)

 5001–10,000

24 (16.8)

6 (46.2)

30 (19.2)

 10,001–15,000

16 (11.2)

0 (0.0)

16 (10.3)

 15,001–20,000

6 (4.2)

0 (0.0)

6 (3.9)

 ≥20,001

7 (4.9)

2 (15.4)

9 (5.8)