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Table 4 Parasite clearance times

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

Day of Clearance*

Number (%)

(95% CI)

Treatment Failure

Proportion

(95% CI)

pfmdr1 Copy # > 1.5

Proportion

(95% CI)

Day 0 Parasite Density (parasites/mm3)

Geometric Mean

(95% CI)

1

23 (15.3)

(9.5–21.2)

0.0

(0.0–0.13)

0.22

(0.05–0.39)

3099

(2049–4687)

2

56 (37.3)

(29.5–45.1)

0.16

(0.06–0.26)

0.52

(0.39–0.65)

5336

(4089–6964)

3

54 (36.0)

(28.2–43.8)

0.19

(0.09–0.29)

0.57

(0.44–0.70)

7741

(5887–10179)

7

17 (11.3)

(6.2–16.5)

0.47

(0.23–0.72)

0.59

(0.36–0.82)

8061

(4912–13230)

  1. *Parasitaemia was considered to have cleared after two negative smears. The day on which the first of these two negative smears was observed was counted as the day of clearance.