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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the malaria attacks during deployment (n = 44)

From: The need for preventive and curative services for malaria when the military is deployed in endemic overseas territories: a case study and lessons learned

Characteristic

Number

Percentage (%)

Number of attacks

One

31

83.8

Two

5

13.5

Three

1

2.7

Species

Plasmodium falciparum

10

22.7

Plasmodium vivax

6

13.6

Not recorded/do not know

28

63.7

Diagnosed by

Rapid diagnostic testing

42

95.5

Microscopy

2

4.5

Number of days from the onset of symptoms to the diagnosis of malaria

1

15

34.1

2

2

4.6

3

7

15.9

4

2

4.6

5–7

1

2.2

Not recorded

17

38.6

The number of days from diagnosis to the start of treatment

1

21

47.7

2

1

2.3

3

5

11.4

4

2

4.5

5–7

3

6.8

Not recorded

12

27.3

  1. Forty-four includes all attacks of malaria that occurred during the period of deployment