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Table 2 Treatment outcome of cases treated with either artemether–lumefantrine or dihydroartemisinin at Muheza and Ujiji

From: High efficacy of artemether–lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Muheza and Kigoma Districts, Tanzania

Outcome

Muheza—AL (n = 96)

Ujiji—AL (N = 161)

Day 28 follow-up

Day 42 follow-up

Day 28 follow-up

Day 42 follow-up

PCR uncorrected

PCR corrected

PCR uncorrected

PCR corrected

PCR uncorrected

PCR corrected

PCR uncorrected

PCR corrected

ETF

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

LCF

11 (12.0)

0 (0.0)

19 (21.6)

0 (0.0)

15 (9.6)

3 (2.6)

23 (15.1)

3 (4.1)

LPF

10 (10.9)

0 (0.0)

16 (18.2)

0 (0.0)

30 (19.2)

0 (0.0)

59 (38.8)

1 (1.4)

ACPR

71 (77.2)

71 (100.0)

53 (60.2)

53 (100.0)

111 (71.2)

111 (97.4)

70 (46.1)

70 (94.6)

WTH/LFU

4 (4.2)

25 (26.0)

8 (8.3)

40 (43.0)

5 (3.1)

44 (27.8)

9 (5.6)

82 (52.6)

PCR ND

NA

0

NA

3 (3.1)

NA

3 (1.9)

NA

5 (3.1)

Outcome

MUHEZA—DP (96)

UJIJI—DP (N = 156)

Day 42 follow-up

Day 63 follow-up

Day 42 follow-up

Day 63 follow-up

PCR uncorrected

PCR corrected

PCR uncorrected

PCR corrected

PCR uncorrected

PCR corrected

PCR uncorrected

PCR corrected

ETF

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

LCF

4 (4.6)

0 (0.0)

17 (20.0)

0 (0.0)

11 (7.4)

1 (0.9)

31 (21.5))

1 (1.6)

LPF

19 (21.8)

2 (3.0)

19 (22.4)

3 (5.8)

30 (20.1)

0 (0.0)

55 (38.2)

2 (3.3)

ACPR

64 (73.6)

64 (97.0)

49 (57.6)

49 (94.2)

108 (72.5)

108 (99.1)

58 (40.3)

58 (95.1)

WTH/LFU

9 (9.4)

25 (27.5)

11 (11.5)

38 (42.2)

7 (4.5)

46 (29.7)

12 (7.7)

90 (59.6)

PCR ND

NA

5 (5.2)

NA

6 (6.3)

NA

1 (0.6)

NA

5 (3.2)

  1. ACPR adequate clinical and parasitological response, AL artemether–lumefantrine, DP dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine, ETF early treatment failure, LCF late clinical failure, LFU lost to follow-up, LPF late parasitological failure, NA not applicable, PCR polymerase chain reaction, PCR ND PCR not done, WTH withdrawn