Table 1 Characteristics of study participants in survey of PvMSP8 antigenicity at different time points after P. vivax infection
Characteristics | P. vivax-infected participants | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Acute vivax patients | Recovered subjects | |||
3 months | 9 months | 12 months | ||
Total (n) | 40 | 35 | 26 | 25 |
Gender | ||||
Male | 28 | 24 | 15 | 16 |
Female | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
Age Mean ± SD | 37.4 ± 12 | 40.0 ± 1.4 | 41.2 ± 12.2 | 41.1 ± 11.8 |
Parasitaemia (parasite/µL) Mean ± SD | 5170.8 ± 5238.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. of prior infections | ||||
0 | 40 | 35 | 25 | 24 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
> 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. of recorded re-infections | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |