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Table 3 Gametocyte carriage by treatment group

From: Adding artesunate to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine greatly improves the treatment efficacy in children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria on the coast of Benin, West Africa

 

CQ

SP

SP-AS

p value

Gametocyte prevalence, n (%)

    

   Day 0

79 (7.6)

77(2.6)

81(3.7)

0.31

   Day 7

53 (5.7)

56(16.1)

77(3.9)

0.03

   Day 14

45(6.7)

47(10.6)

77(2.6)

0.18

   Day 28

25(12.0)

40(10)

72(0.0)

0.02

Gametocyte incidence, n (%)

    

   Day 7

49(6.1)

55(16.4)

75(2.7)

0.01

   Day 14

41(4.9)

47(10.6)

75(2.7)

0.17

   Day 28

24(12.5)

40(9.8)

70(0.0)

0.02

   Person-gametocyte-weeks (/1000 person-weeks)

6/154 (39.0)

14/187 (74.9)

5/301 (16.7)

0.02

  1. †Kruskal-Wallis p-value.