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Table 2 Malaria types, etiologies, and treatment perceptions mentioned in survey (N = 607)

From: Adherence to 14-day radical cure for Plasmodium vivax malaria in Papua, Indonesia: a mixed-methods study

 

Frequency (n)

Proportion (%)

Knowledge of several types of malaria

  

Awareness of different malaria species

587

96.7

Types of malaria mentioned

  

Malaria tersiana

573

94.4

Malaria tropika

571

94.1

Mixed infection

25

4.1

Malariae malaria

18

3.0

Bone malaria

17

2.8

Others (quartana, haemorrhagic fever, batana, gamete)

28

4.6

Perceived malaria severity

  

Tersiana is more severe

267

44.0

Tropika is more severe

274

45.1

Other types of malaria are more severe

14

2.3

Do not know

18

3.0

No answer

34

5.6

Perception of the cause of a malaria episode

  

Fatigue

284

46.8

Mosquito bite

224

36.9

Weather-related (rain/cold/heat/etc.)

138

22.7

Eating too late in the evening

107

17.6

Worked too hard

57

9.4

Food-related (ate cold food/street food/cane and coconut)

6

1.0

Not using bed net

31

5.1

Perception of malaria illness

  

Possible to have malaria in blood and feeling healthy

291

47.9

Not possible to have malaria in blood and feeling healthy

175

28.8

Do not know

141

23.2

Perception of malaria treatment effectiveness

  

Make body feel better

581

95.7

Does not make body feel better

21

3.5