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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants before treatment with AS + DHA–PPQ and AM–LUM

From: Susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to artemisinins and Plasmodium vivax to chloroquine in Phuoc Chien Commune, Ninh Thuan Province, south-central Vietnam

Study group

AS + DHA–PPQ

AM–LUM

Children

Adults

Children

Adults

No. patients

3

10

4

10

Mean (SD) age (years)

11.7 ± 3.2

28.5 ± 12.5

8.3 ± 2.2

35.6 ± 10.5

Mean (SD) weight (kg)

29.8 ± 10.4

44.4 ± 5.8

15.4 ± 5.0

48.6 ± 4.9

Mean (SD) temp (°C)

38.0 ± 2.1

38.2 ± 0.6

38.4 ± 1.2

37.7 ± 0.6

No. patients temp ≥ 38 °C

1 (33%)

6 (60%)

3 (75%)

3 (30%)

Geometric mean parasites/µL (range)

16,200 (5227–84,459)

17,835 (4067–118,248)

16,884 (2014–88,144)

15,700 (2078–87,123)