Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of patients infected with Plasmodium parasites (a) in Bu Gia Map commune, Binh Phuoc Province, and diagnosis results of Plasmodium species in samples of human blood samples (b)

From: Reduction in Plasmodium falciparum Pfk13 and pfg377 allele diversity through time in southern Vietnam

a. Characteristics of the study patients

No. examined (Plasmodium positive cases)

48

   

Age (years)

3 to 61 (mean ± SD: 28 ± 12)

 

Sex

47 male, 1 female

  

Body temperature (°C)

37.7 to 39.6 (mean ± SD: 38.5 ± 0.5)

Estimated location of infection

Total

Pf

Pv

Pf + Pv

In the National Park

36

18

17

1

In the commune

12

5

7

0

b. Malaria diagnosis results of the study sample

Infected Plasmodium species

Microscopy

RDT

PCR

 

Pf

24

24

23

 

Pv

24

24

24

 

Pm

0

–

0

 

Pf + Pv

0

0

1

 
  1. Pf: P. falciparum; Pv: P. vivax; Pm: P. malariae; Pf + Pv: mixed infection with Pf and Pv