Ex vivo anti-malarial drugs sensitivity profile of Plasmodium falciparum field isolates from Burkina Faso five years after the national policy change

Table 3 Pairwise comparison of ex vivo IC ₅₀ values

Drug pairs	r*	P - value
Chloroquine - Dihydroartemisinin	-0.08	0.09
Chloroquine - Monodestylamodiaquine	0.86	< 0.0001
Chloroquine – quinine	0.51	< 0.0001
Chloroquine - Piperaquine	0.02	0.63
Chloroquine - Lumefantrine	-0.10	0.03
Dihydroartemisinin- Monodestylamodiaquine	0.01	0.77
Dihydroartemisinin – Quinine	0.15	0.002
Dihydroartemisinin- Piperaquine	0.27	< 0.0001
Dihydroartemisinin - Lumefantrine	0.30	< 0.0001
Monodestylamodiaquine – Quinine	0.52	< 0.0001
Monodestylamodiaquine - Piperaquine	0.14	0.008
Monodestylamodiaquine - Lumefantrine	-0.11	0.025
Quinine - Piperaquine	0.07	0.16
Quinine – Lumefantrine	0.32	< 0.0001
Piperaquine - Lumefantrine	0.04	0.35

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