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Table 3 Treatment responses of falciparum malaria patients on the China-Myanmar border, Yunnan Province, China

From: In vivo monitoring of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum along the China-Myanmar border of Yunnan Province, China from 2007 to 2013

 

2007 (n = 38)

2009 (n = 71)

2010 (n = 27)

2011 (n = 17)

2012 (n = 63)

2013 (n = 27)

Total (n = 243)

Statistics

P-value

FCT (hr)

         

Mean (± SD)

24.5 (8.1)

34.8 (10.4)

36.4 (9.9)

35.3 (9.5)

43.3 (11.4)

45.7 (11.6)

36.5 (10.9)

F = 268.4

<0.0001

Range

16–40

20–48

20–72

22–96

24–96

23–96

16–96

  

50% APCT (hr)

         

Mean (± SD)

24.2 (7.8)

24.6 (8.7)

25.8 (7.4)

26.8 (8.5)

25.9 (8.2)

26.3 (8.4)

25.2 (8.2)

F = 4.14

0.0013

Range

3–29

7–25

8–48

8–48

6–48

7–48

3–48

  

APCT (hr)

         

Mean (± SD)

38.4 (7.5)

39.8 (7.9)

41.8 (8.4)

40.9 (9.2)

42.6 (11.3)

52.6 (12.3)

43.5 (11.8)

F = 88.6

<0.0001

Range

19–46

16–72

19–72

18–96

16–96

20–72

16–96

  

ETF (%, 95%CI)

0 (0, 0–9.3)

0 (0, 0–7.0)

0 (0, 0–12.8)

0 (0, 0–19.5)

1 (1.6, 0.04–8.5)

0 (0, 0–12.8)

1 (0.4, 0–2.3)

X2 = 2.61

0.7591

LCF (%, 95%CI)

1 (2.6, 0.1–13.8)

0 (0, 0–5.1)

0 (0, 0–12.8)

0 (0, 0–19.5)

0 (0, 0–5.7)

0 (0, 0–12.8)

1 (0.4, 0–2.3)

X2 = 5.00

0.4164

LPF (%, 95%CI)

0 (0, 0–9.3)

0 (0, 0–5.1)

0 (0, 0–12.8)

0 (0, 0–19.5)

0 (0, 0–5.7)

0 (0, 0–12.8)

0 (0, 0–1.5)

-

-

ACPR (%, 95%CI)

37 (97.4, 82.7–99.4)

71 (100, 94.9–100)

27 (100, 87.2–100)

17 (100, 80.5–100)

62 (98.4, 91.5–99.9)

27 (100, 87.2–100)

241 (99.2, 97.1–99.9)

X2 = 2.81

0.7288

  1. Note: FCT = fever clearance times (hours), APCT = asexual parasite clearance times (hours); ETF = early treatment failure, LCF = late clinical failure, LPF = late parasitological failure, ACPR = adequate clinical and parasitological response, and 95%CI = 95% confidence interval.