Skip to main content

Table 2 Parasite density by microscopy of daily blood samples from each patient

From: Measuring the efficacy of anti-malarial drugs in vivo: quantitative PCR measurement of parasite clearance

Parasite ID

Origin

Day 0

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Treatment

1 (OX007)

Nigeria

3.2

2

0.004

0.001

0.0001

0

ND

Quinine

2 (OX005)

Ghana

3

2.4

0.02

0 (G)*

0 (G)

ND

ND

Quinine

3 (OX006)

Kenya

39*

25

24*

1.4

0.005

0.001

0

AS

4

Nigeria/

Angola

0.5

1.6

0.05

0.01

0.002

ND

ND

Quinine, AP

  1. Densities are given as percentage parasitaemia (i.e. percentage of total erythrocytes counted that are infected) (G) denotes presence of gametocytes.
  2. ND - not done, as patient previously discharged.
  3. * samples were not available for qPCR