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Table 3 Number (%) of adverse events and serious adverse in artemether-lumefantrine-treated subjects

From: A controlled, parallel, cluster-randomized trial of community-wide screening and treatment of asymptomatic carriers of Plasmodium falciparum in Burkina Faso

 

Adverse events up to day 7

Serious adverse events up to day 30

 

AL-treated asymptomatic carriers

AL-treated with symptomatic malaria episode with >5,000/μL parasites

AL-treated asymptomatic carriers

AL-treated with symptomatic malaria episode with >5,000/μL parasites

 

(n = 3,819)

(n = 2,554)

(n = 3,819)

(n = 2,554)

Abdominal pain

1 (0.03%)

-

1 (0.03%)

-

Nausea

1 (0.03%)

-

1 (0.03%)

-

Vomiting

1 (0.03%)

14 (0.5%)

-

21 (0.8%)

Death

1 (0.03%)

-

1 (0.03%)

-

Pyrexia

1 (0.03%)

-

1 (0.03%)

-

Malaria

5 (0.1%)

2 (0.08%)

4 (0.1%)

5 (0.2%)

Bronchitis

2 (0.05%)

-

2 (0.05%)

-

Pneumonia

2 (0.05%)

1 (0.04%)

2 (0.05%)

2 (0.08%)

Respiratory tract infection

1 (0.03%)

-

1 (0.03%)

-

Dizziness

1 (0.03%)

-

1 (0.03%)

-

Asthmatic crisis

1 (0.03%)

-

-

-

Somnolence

-

-

-

1 (0.04%)