Assessment of the relative success of sporozoite inoculations in individuals exposed to moderate seasonal transmission

Table 1 Reappearance time of asexual P. falciparum parasitaemia according to variables (log-rank test)

		Reappearance time of P. falciparum (days)
	n	25%	50%	75%	p-value
Parasitaemia before treatment
no	94	33.0	45.9	57.2	0.0338
yes	15	44.1	58.0	73.9
Age
< 30 years	82	30.7	42.7	53.5	0.0002
≥ 30 years	28	50.4	58.6	68.6
Gender
Female	64	33.0	48.1	58.2	0.9646
Male	46	35.0	46.4	59.8
Haemoglobin
AA	81	31.5	45.2	57.8	0.2486
AS	29	40.2	51.1	61.0
G6PD
< 6.9 μI	12	35.3	48.1	58.9	0.7743
≥ 6.9 μI	92	31.5	45.2	59.7
Roof of the hut
thatched	74	33.2	48.8	58.5	0.5687
zinc	36	33.6	46.5	58.9
Wall of the hut
cement	91	32.4	48.6	59.3	0.2821
banco	19	36.3	44.1	57.7
Free space between roof and wall
present	74	32.2	45.8	58.3	0.1910
absent	36	34.6	49.9	60.2

* values are the number of days until 25 or 50 or 75% of the studied population was reinfected.

ISSN: 1475-2875