Sensitivity and specificity of individual or combinations of clinical findings in children with fever independently associated with any degree of parasitaemia of malaria in low or high risk seasons among 2490 children studied
| High risk | Low risk | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensitivity | Specificity | Sensitivity | Specificity | |||
| Travel history | 41.7 | 83.8 | 2.1 | 93.8 | ||
| Previous attack | 31.3 | 85.8 | 43.8 | 87.3 | ||
| Chills/rigors | 44.2 | 86.4 | 22.9 | 91.7 | ||
| No running nose | 84.7 | 23.9 | 70.8 | 54.5 | ||
| No diarrhoea | 70.1 | 40.9 | 64.6 | 55.8 | ||
| No earache | 91.8 | 12.6 | 93.8 | 27.0 | ||
| No cough | 48.5 | 69.4 | 41.7 | 72.5 | ||
| No difficult breathing | 50.5 | 35.3 | 27.1 | 56.6 | ||
| Pallor | 53.8 | 81.6 | 35.4 | 92.5 | ||
| No tonsillar exudates | 95.5 | 16.2 | 97.9 | 5.3 | ||
| Splenomegaly | 50.1 | 90.4 | 25.5 | 99.2 | ||
| No running nose or no measles (IMCI) | 84.2 | 26.1 | 70.8 | 56.4 | ||
| Previous attack or pallor or no cough | 82.8 | 51.4 | 75.0 | 59.5 | ||
| Previous attack or pallor or splenomegaly | 80.0 | 68.5 | 64.6 | 81.2 | ||
IMCI, WHO/UNICEF programme of integrated management of childhood illnesses.