Case | Age | Sex | Age group | Origin * | Malaria † seasonality | HIV | Fever | Neurological symptoms | Other symptoms | Haematocrit/ haemoglobin | Parasitaemia/ rapid test | Clinical diagnosis |
1 | 2 | M | Children u-5 | Urban | High | – | NA | NA | Dyspnoea | NA | Positive/NA | Severe malaria, sepsis, anaemia |
2 | 3 | M | Children u-5 | Urban | High | – | Yes | Confusion, agitation | Vomiting, diarrhoea, pallor | NA | NA/NA | Acute gastroenteritis, anaemia |
3 | 23 | F | Maternal death | Urban | High | HIV | 40 | No | Dyspnoea, headache, leucocytosis, low platelet count | 22/80 | Positive /positive | Malaria |
4 | 28 | F | Maternal death | Urban | High | HIV | 39 | Lethargic, abnormal behaviour, nuchal rigidity | Dyspnoea, pallor, jaundice, leucocytosis low platelet count, hepatosplenomegaly, hypoglycaemic | 20/70 | Negative/ positive | Malaria |
5 | 28 | F | Maternal death | Rural | Low | HIV | No | Coma | Diarrhoea, vomiting, pallor | NA | NA/NA | Haemorrhage postabortion, acute gastroenteritis |
6 | 20 | F | Maternal death | Urban | High | – | No | No | Pallor, leucocytosis, low platelet count | 24/70 | NA/positive | Malaria |
*Urban usually corresponds to Maputo city, whereby malaria incidence is generally low. Rural implies other areas where malaria incidence tends to be higher.
†Seasonality for malaria is high during the rainy season (October to May), and low during the dry season (June to September).
F, female; M, male; NA, not available; u-5, under 5 years of age identified by the complete diagnostic autopsy.