Malaria-related perceptions and practices of women with children under the age of five years in rural Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Multiple symptoms of malaria as perceived by mothers, Adami Tulu District, Ethiopia, 2003.

Major malaria symptoms reported by mothers^a
Fever	Shivering and chills	Headache	Back pain	Loss of appetite	n (%)^b
+	+	+	+	+	576 (28.0)
+	+	+	+	-	486 (24.0)
+	+	+	-	-	279 (14.0)
+	+	-	-	-	289 (14.3)
+	+	+	-	+	75 (3.7)
+	+	-	+	+	45 (2.2)
+	+	-	-	-	38 (1.9)

^a"+" indicates the citation of the symptom, while "-" shows that the symptom is not reported by mothers.
^bPercentage was calculated from 2024 mothers who reported fever

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