From: Asymptomatic only at first sight: malaria infection among schoolchildren in highland Rwanda
Parameter | Value |
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No. | 1089 |
Female (%, n/n) | 54.1 (589) |
Age (years; median, range) | 8 (6–10) |
Weight (kg; median, range)a | 21.8 (12.0–41.8) |
Height (cm; median, range)b | 121.5 (99.5–154.0) |
Weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ; median, range)a | −1.05 (−4.77–2.02) |
Underweight (WAZÂ <Â 2; %, n/n) | 16.0 (173/1080) |
Height-for-age Z-score (HAZ; median, range)b | −1.06 (−4.99–3.14) |
Stunting (HAZÂ <Â 2; %, n/n) | 17.5 (189/1079) |
MUAC (cm; mean ± SD)a | 16.2 ± 1.3 |
Clinically assessed malnutrition (%, n/n) | 22.0 (238/1080) |
Axillary temperature (°C; mean ± SD) | 36.5 ± 0.54 |
Fever (%, n/n) | 2.7 (29/1080) |
Hb (g/dL; median, range)a | 12.5 (6.0–16.6) |
Anaemia (%, n/n) | 36.4 (393/1079) |
History in preceding 2Â weeks (%, n/n) | |
 Abdominal pain | 34.1 (371) |
 Cough | 28.2 (307) |
 Fever | 25.3 (276) |
 Poor appetite | 19.7 (215) |
 Weakness | 17.2 (178/1032) |
 Tiredness | 13.9 (151) |
 Diarrhea | 12.8 (139) |
 Vomiting | 8.5 (93) |
Plasmodium infection (%, n/n) | |
 Plasmodium spp. PCR positive | 22.4 (244) |
 P. falciparum, PCR positive | 18.8 (205) |
 P. ovale, PCR positive | 4.9 (53) |
 P. malariae, PCR positive | 0.4 (4) |
 Plasmodium spp., microscopy positivec | 13.9 (151) |
 Submicroscopic infection | 9.3 (101) |
 Geometric mean parasite density (/µL; 95% CI) | 2188 (1582–3026) |