Table 1 Characteristics of febrile and malaria-infected patients consulting at Kobeni health centre in Hodh Elgharbi region, southeastern Mauritania, during 2015–2017
From: Malaria epidemiology in Kobeni department, southeastern Mauritania from 2015 to 2017
Characteristics | Study year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2015–2017 | |
Number | 1247 | 566 | 513 | 2326 |
Gender | ||||
Female, n (%) | 640 (51.3) | 311 (54.9) | 287 (56.0) | 1238 (53.2) |
Male, n (%) | 607 (48.7) | 255 (45.1) | 226 (44.0) | 1088 (46.8) |
Age group (year) | ||||
< 5, n (%) | 138 (11.1) | 77 (13.6) | 44 (8.6) | 259 (11.1) |
5–9, n (%) | 192 (15.4) | 103 (18.2) | 67 (13.1) | 362 (15.6) |
10–14, n (%) | 175 (14.0) | 82 (14.5) | 68 (13.2) | 325 (14.0) |
≥ 15, n (%) | 742 (59.5) | 304 (53.7) | 334 (65.1) | 1380 (59.3) |
Mean axillary temperature (range) (°C) | 38.7 (37.5–40.9) | 38.8 (37.5–40.5) | 38.6 (37.5–40.9) | 38.7 (37.5–40.9) |
GMPDa (asexual parasites/μl) | 1990 | 1860 | 2640 | 1100 |
PCR-positive by age group (years) | ||||
< 5, n (%) | 71 (9.0) | 32 (11.2) | 22 (7.6) | 125 (9.2) |
5–9, n (%) | 138 (17.6) | 53 (18.5) | 39 (13.5) | 230 (16.9) |
10–14, n (%) | 113 (14.4) | 43 (15.0) | 39 (13.5) | 195 (14.3) |
≥ 15, n (%) | 464 (59.0) | 158 (55.2) | 189 (65.4) | 811 (59.6) |
Ethno-linguistic groups | ||||
Moorsbn (%) | 1101 (88.3) | 502 (88.6) | 437 (85.1) | 2040 (87.7) |
Black Africanscn (%) | 146 (11.7) | 64 (11.4) | 76 (14.9) | 286 (12.3) |