Table 1 Sample (parasite isolate) characteristics

Age of patient (at inclusion in study)

32.9 months ± 9.9

Time to first recurrence

35 days ± 7.0

Number of MSP2 alleles (baseline infections)

2.29 ± 0.95

Number of MSP2 alleles (recurrent infections)

2.25 ± 2.01

Parasitaemia (baseline infections)

3.3%  ± 2.3

Parasitaemia (recurrent infections)

1.4%  ± 1.9