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Table 1 General characteristics of the participants at enrolment (n = 86)

From: Sustained efficacy of artesunate-sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine against Plasmodium falciparum in Yemen and a renewed call for an adjunct single dose primaquine to clear gametocytes

Variable

Frequency

(%)

Province

 Al-Hodeidah

28

32.6

 Al-Mahwit

58

67.4

Gender

 Male

40

46.5

 Female

46

53.5

Age group (years)

 <5

20

23.3

 5–15

50

58.1

 >15

16

18.6

 History of fever

86

100.0

 Weight (kg)b

20.0 (17.5)

–

 Haemoglobin level (g/dl)a

10.2 (1.9)

–

Parasitaemia (asexual parasites density per μl)

 Parasitaemia on day 0b

5247 (9648)

–

 ≤999

13

15.1

 1000–9999

50

58.1

 ≥10,000

23

26.7

Type of house

 Wooden

44

51.2

 Cement

27

31.4

 Cement and wood

15

17.4

Source of drinking water

 Piped water

22

25.6

 Well

35

40.7

 Stream/river

29

33.7

 Having electricity supply

69

80.2

Having vehicles

 Do not have

72

83.7

 Motorcycle

9

10.5

 Car/truck

4

4.7

 Motorcycle and car

1

1.2

 Having radio

35

40.7

 Having TV

30

34.9

History of IRS (in the last 12 months)

 No

59

68.6

 Yes

21

24.4

 Do not remember

6

7.0

Mosquito bed nets

 Having bed nets

45

52.3

 Using bed nets

28

32.6

 Source of bed nets (governmental)

45

100.0

What do you do first when have a fever?

 Go to clinic/hospital

47

54.7

 Self-treatment

18

20.9

 Do nothing

21

24.4

  1. IRS indoor residual spraying
  2. aMean (SD)
  3. bMedian (interquartile range)