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Table 3 Proportion of patients with parasite, fever and gametocyte clearance on days 1, 2, and 3, respectively

From: Therapeutic efficacy of artemether–lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Enfranze, north-west Ethiopia

Out come

≤5 years old

>5 years old

Total

Parasites cleared

 D1 no (%)

12 (75)

47 (73.4)

21 (73.75)

 D2 no (%)

14 (87.5)

59 (92.2)

73 (91.25)

 D3 no (%)

15 (93.75)

61 (95.2)

76 (94.9)

Fever cleared

 D1 no (%)

10 (62.5)

50 (78.1)

60 (75)

 D2 no (%)

13 (81.25)

60 (93.75)

73 (91.25)

 D3 no (%)

14 (87.5)

63 (98.4)

77 (96.2)

Gametocytes cleared

 D1 no (%)

0

2 (40)

2 (25)

 D2 no (%)

0

3 (60)

3 (37.5)

 D3 no (%)

0

3 (60)

3 (37.5)

  1. D1 day 1, D2 day 2, D3 day 3.