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Table 2 Day 28 failure rates estimated by four methods – AS+AQ treatment

From: Different methodological approaches to the assessment of in vivo efficacy of three artemisinin-based combination antimalarial treatments for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in African children

  

Day 28 failure rates

% [CI95%]

Year

Country &

Site

Method 1a

(per protocol)

Method 1b

Method 2a

(WHO 2001)

Method 2b

2003

Angola, Kuito

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

  

[0–6.8]

[0–6.4]

[0.2–8.3]

[0.2–8.1]

2003

DRC, Boende

18.3

14.1

15.3

56.3

  

[9.5–30.4]

[7.2–23.8]

[8.7–25.9]

[45.8–67.4]

2003

S Sudan, Nuba

7.3

5.6

6.2

8.4

  

[2.0–17.6]

[1.5–12.6]

[2.4–15.7]

[3.9–18.0]

2003

Uganda, Amudat

22.6

8.8

10.4

21.4

  

[9.6–41.1]

[3.6–17.2]

[4.9–21.1]

[14.0–31.8]

2003

Uganda, Jinja

7.9

6.5

7.0

12.2

  

[3.2–15.7]

[2.7–13.0]

[3.4–14.1]

[7.2–20.1]

2003

Uganda, Kampala

4.9

4.1

4.3

4.3

  

[1.0–13.7]

[0.9–11.5]

[1.4–12.8]

[1.4–12.9]

2004

Angola, Caala

0

0

0

1.5

  

[0–6.0]*

[0–5.7]*

[0–5.8]*

[0.2–10.4]

2004

Congo, Kindamba

6.0

4.8

4.8

6.4

  

[1.6–14.6]

[1.3–11.9]

[1.8–12.2]

[2.9–13.7]

2004

DRC, Kabalo

0

0

0

4.4

  

[0–8.4]*

[0–7.9]*

[0–7.9]*

[1.1–16.3]

2004

Guinea, Dabola

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.9

  

[0–5.3]

[0–5.1]

[0.1–6.5]

[0.1–6.5]

2004

S Leone, Kailahun

27.0

15.4

19.0

20.5

  

[16.6–39.6]

[9.3–23.6]

[12.3–28.8]

[13.5–30.5]

2004

Uganda, Apac

24.5

15.0

15.7

15.9

  

[16.2–34.4]

[9.8–21.7]

[10.7–22.7]

[10.8–23.1]

2004

Uganda, Arua

28.7

19.9

20.0

20.0

  

[20.4–38.2]

[13.9–27.0]

[14.5–27.2]

[14.6–27.0]

2004

Uganda, Tororo

39.3

14.5

17.8

20.0

  

[27.1–52.7]

[9.5–20.9]

[12.1–25.8]

[13.6–28.9]

2005

Uganda, Tororo

13.9

5.5

5.4

5.9

  

[6.9–24.1]

[2.6–9.8]

[2.9–9.8]

[3.3–10.4]

  1. *one-sided 97.5% CIs