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Table 3 Relationship between pfmdr1 copy number and risk of recurrence

From: Failure of artesunate-mefloquine combination therapy for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in southern Cambodia

Recrudescence

Number

pfmdr 1 Copy #

(95% CI) Day 0

Proportion with Copy # > 1.5

Day 0

pfmdr 1 Copy #

(95% CI) Day Recur

Proportion with Copy # > 1.5

Day Recur

No

122

1.9

(1.7–2.2)

0.45

3.0*

(0.9–5.2)

0.75*

Yes

27

2.7

(2.1–3.2)

0.74

3.6

(2.9–4.3)

0.85

  1. *Results from the 4 subjects with recurrent parasitaemia classified as re-infection by PCR