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Table 3 Area under a curve (AUC) and persistence of gametocytaemia after AL and DP treatment

From: Gametocyte clearance in children, from western Kenya, with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria after artemether–lumefantrine or dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine treatment

Treatment arm

AUC (g/µl day), median (IQR)

% gametocyte prevalence (n/N)

Day 21

Day 28

Day 42

AL

0.56 (0.12–1.26)

10.8 (8/74)

12.7 (9/71)

7.04 (5/71)

DP

0.37 (0.16–0.42)

13.2 (10/76)

13.5 (10/74)

14.5 (11/74)

p-value

0.524

0.77

0.521

0.342

  1. Adjusted for baseline gametocyte density
  2. IQR interquartile range, DP dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine, AL artemether–lumefantrine