Table 3 Malaria rule based diagnosis and classification against the symptoms and signs
From: Clinical malaria diagnosis: rule-based classification statistical prototype
Symptoms and signs | Age category | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adults (18 years and above) | Teens (10–17 years) | Children (5–9 years) | ||||
Rule 1 | Rule 2 | Rule 3 | Rule 4 | Rule 5 | Rule 6 | |
Febricity | Yes | – | – | – | – | Yes |
Drowsiness | – | Yes | Yes | – | – | Yes |
Fever | – | Yes | – | – | – | Yes |
Dark urine | – | Yes | – | – | – | – |
Rigors | – | Yes | – | – | – | Yes |
Joint pains | – | Yes | – | – | Yes | – |
Vomiting | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | – | – |
Splenomegaly | – | – | – | Yes | Yes | – |
Malaria outcome | POS | POS | POS | POS | POS | POS |