In a study conducted in Nigeria in 2023, 41 percent of men and 49 percent of women reported fever with shivering as the most known malaria symptom. Body pain followed, with 38 percent of men and 36 percent of women considering it as the most known malaria symptom.
Malaria is a dangerous disease transmitted to humans by certain mosquitoes that bear the malaria parasite. In 2020, Nigeria registered some 21.6 million cases of malaria.
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NOIPolls. (July 31, 2023). Share of malaria symptoms known by individuals in Nigeria as of 2023, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419364/share-of-malaria-symptoms-known-by-individuals-in-nigeria-by-gender/
NOIPolls. "Share of malaria symptoms known by individuals in Nigeria as of 2023, by gender." Chart. July 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419364/share-of-malaria-symptoms-known-by-individuals-in-nigeria-by-gender/
NOIPolls. (2023). Share of malaria symptoms known by individuals in Nigeria as of 2023, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419364/share-of-malaria-symptoms-known-by-individuals-in-nigeria-by-gender/
NOIPolls. "Share of Malaria Symptoms Known by Individuals in Nigeria as of 2023, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419364/share-of-malaria-symptoms-known-by-individuals-in-nigeria-by-gender/
NOIPolls, Share of malaria symptoms known by individuals in Nigeria as of 2023, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419364/share-of-malaria-symptoms-known-by-individuals-in-nigeria-by-gender/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Share of malaria symptoms known by individuals in Nigeria as of 2023, by gender [Graph], NOIPolls, July 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419364/share-of-malaria-symptoms-known-by-individuals-in-nigeria-by-gender/