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Table 5 Temperature at base line versus mean parasite, fever and gametocyte clearance time among patients treated with AL

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

Temperature at base line (°C) (no)

Mean PCT

P value

Mean FCT

P value

Mean GCT

P value

≤37.8 (22)

30.5

 

24

 

 

37.9–38 (20)

37.2

 

30

 

32

 

38.1–38.8 (22)

39.5

 

38

 

48

 

≥38.9 (16)

39

 

42

 

60

 

Total (80)

33.6

0.760

33

0.329

45

0.498

  1. PCT parasite clearance time, FCT fever clearance time, GCT gametocyte clearance time.