Fig. 1

Diagram of study enrolment at Goa Medical College and Hospital. Of the 74,517 febrile patients who presented to GMC and were tested for malaria, 6287 were positive by hospital diagnosis. Of the 6287 cases identified by the hospital between January 2012 and December 2015, 6217 were referred to the MESA-ICEMR study team between April 2012 and December 2015. Of 6217, 1116 study participants were enroled by the MESA-ICEMR and 1088 were confirmed by the MESA-ICEMR to be malaria positive. Excluding mixed infections, 178 confirmed malaria cases were hospitalised by GMC