Causes symptoms | Malaria n = 23 (%) | Bronchopulmonary infection n = 17 (%) | Undetermined causes n = 29 (%) | Urinary tract infection n = 3 (%) | Osteomyelitis n = 2 (%) | Total (%) | p-value |
Weakness | 8 (34.8) ⃰ | 2 (11.8) | 4 (13.8) ⃰ | 1 (33.3) | 2 (100) | 17 (22.4) | 0.07 |
Headache | 4 (17.4) | 2 (11.8) | 5 (17.2) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (15.8) |
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Abdominal pain | 5 (21.7) | 2 (11.8) | 3 (10.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (13.1) |
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Bone and joint pain | 7 (30.4) ⃰ | 7 (41.2) | 15 (51.7) ⃰ | 2 (66.7) | 2 (100) | 33 (43.4) | 0.12 |
Back pain | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (13.8) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (6.6) |
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Chest pain | 0 (0.0) | 2 (11.8) | 3 (10.3) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (7.9) |
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Cough | 4 (17.4) ⃰ | 11 (64.7) ⃰ | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (19.7) | 0.002 |
Vomiting | 5 (21.7) | 2 (11.8) | 5 (17.2) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (17.1) |
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Vertigo | 2 (8.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.9) |
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Convulsions | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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