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Table 1 Oral artesunate dose-bodyweight banding

From: Plasmodium falciparum artemisinin resistance monitoring in Sabah, Malaysia: in vivo therapeutic efficacy and kelch13 molecular marker surveillance

Dose band

Bodyweight (kg)

Total dose (mg)

Number of patients

Dose (mg)/bodyweight (kg) (mean, SD)

1

10–16

150

4

11.1 (2.6)

2

17–22

225

5

11.6 (1.0)

3

23–28

300

3

11.8 (1.1)

4

29–34

375

5

11.9 (0.8)

5

35–41

450

5

12.0 (0.6)

6

42–47

525

4

11.5 (0.3)

7

48–53

600

11

11.9 (0.5)

8

54–59

675

6

12.2 (0.3)

9

60–65

750

4

12.0 (0.4)

10

66–72

825

1

11.4 (–)

11

73–77

900

0

–

12

78–85

975

1

11.9 (–)