Demographic characteristics, clinical features, laboratory data and final diagnosis (gold standard) of the patients with clinical diagnosis of malaria or diagnosed of malaria by verbal autopsy
| Case | Age | Sex | Age group | Origin | Malaria * incidence | Previous conditions | Fever | Haematocrit/ Haemoglobin | Parasitaemia/ rapid test | Cause of death |
| Clinical diagnosis of malaria | ||||||||||
| 3 | 23 | F | Maternal death | Urban | High | HIV | Yes | 22/80 | Positive/positive | Cerebral malaria |
| 4 | 28 | F | Maternal death | Urban | High | HIV | Yes | 20/70 | Negative/positive | Cerebral malaria |
| 6 | 20 | F | Maternal death | Urban | High | – | No | 24/70 | NA/NA | Cerebral malaria |
| 11 | 10 | M | Children 6–15 | Rural | High | – | Yes | 9/20 | Negative/negative | Gram-negative sepsis‡ |
| 12 | 6 | F | Children 6–15 | Urban | High | – | Yes | 33/110 | Negative/NA | Encephalitis‡ |
| 20 | 34 | F | Maternal death | Urban | High | – | No | 29/100 | NA/NA | Streptococcal sepsis |
| 21 | 17 | M | Adult | Urban | High | – | Yes | 34/120 | Negative/NA | Pneumococcal meningitis |
| 22 | 40 | F | Adult | Urban | High | HIV | Yes | 22/80 | Negative/NA | Cytomegalovirus pneumonitis |
| Clinical diagnosis of malaria and verbal autopsy classified as malaria | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | M | Children u-5 | Urban | High | – | NA | NA/NA | Positive/NA | Severe malaria |
| 23 | 33 | F | Adult | Urban | High | – | Yes | NA/NA | NA/NA | Gastroenteritis |
| 24 | 25 | M | Adult | Urban | High | HIV | Yes | 44/160 | Negative/positive | Disseminated cryptococcosis |
| 25 | 50 | M | Adult | Urban | High | HIV | Yes | NA/NA | NA/NA | Pneumococcal meningitis |
| Verbal autopsy classified as malaria | ||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | M | Children u-5 | Urban | High | – | Yes | NA/NA | NA/NA | Cerebral malaria |
| 16 | 27 | F | Maternal death | Urban | High | HIV | Yes | 18/60 | Negative/NA | Puerperal sepsis‡ |
| 19 | 27 | F | Maternal death | Urban | High | – | No | 18/60 | NA/negative | Haemorrhage postabortion‡ |
| 26 | 0 | M | Children u-5 | Urban | High | – | Yes | 18/60 | Negative/negative | Pneumococcal meningitis |
| 27 | 28 | F | Maternal death | Urban | High | HIV | No | 14/50 | Negative/negative | Liver failure |
| 28 | 16 | F | Maternal death | Urban | High | – | Yes | 10/30 | NA/NA | Liver failure |
| 29 | 28 | F | Adult | Urban | High | – | Yes | 12/40 | Negative/negative | Bacterial sepsis |
| 30 | 37 | M | Adult | Rural | High | HIV | Yes | NA/NA | NA/NA | Bacterial sepsis |
*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).
‡Histological evidence of past malaria (haemozoin accumulation in liver and spleen) identified in the autopsy.
F, female; M, male; NA, not available; u-5, under 5 years of age.