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Table 5 Predicted parasite clearance time by groups of parasitaemia before treatment and intervals, artesunate/amodiaquine treatment

From: Plasmodium falciparum clearance in clinical studies of artesunate-amodiaquine and comparator treatments in sub-Saharan Africa, 1999–2009

Parasitaemia at enrolment (μL)

N

Median

 

Observed

   

pPCT

   

Day 0

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 7

hour

Lower bound

Upper bound

<2,500

110

2,030

100%

24%

2%

1%

0%

19.0

NA

NA

2,500-5,000

227

3,680

100%

44%

7%

1%

0%

24.4

21.7

26.7

5,000-10,000

294

7,290

100%

58%

10%

1%

0%

28.2

23.8

32.5

10,000-20,000

361

14,261

100%

65%

6%

1%

0%

29.1

25.1

36.2

20,000-30,000

261

25,044

100%

68%

10%

0%

0%

30.8

25.7

35.8

30,000-50,000

362

39,250

100%

73%

9%

1%

0%

31.6

27.2

37.1

50,000-75,000

252

61,372

100%

75%

12%

2%

0%

32.9

26.8

37.5

75,000-100,000

159

86,925

100%

79%

13%

0%

0%

34.0

29.8

39.9

>100,000

329

144,357

100%

84%

18%

3%

1%

37.3

33.1

40.7

TOTAL

2,355

27,125

100%

67%

10%

1%

0%

30.8

25.8

41.8

  1. Legend: pPCT, predicted parasite clearance time.