| Main symptoms on admission | Number (N = 271) | Proportion (%) |
| Respiratory distress | 219 | 80.81 |
| Fever | 194 | 71.59 |
| Pallor | 172 | 63.47 |
| Consciousness disorder | 151 | 55.72 |
| Convulsive seizures | 126 | 46.49 |
| Dehydration | 62 | 22.88 |
| Heart murmur | 11 | 4.06 |
| Epistaxis | 3 | 1.11 |