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Table 3 Parasite, fever and gametocyte clearance rate in study participants during supervised treatment and follow-up period in Chewaka district, Ethiopia

From: Therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Chewaka District, Ethiopia

Variable

Age category

Follow-up days

D0 (Baseline)

D1 (24 hr)

D2 (48 hr)

D3 (72 hr)

Parasitaemia detected, n (%)

 < 15 yrs

30 (100)

12 (40.0)

9 (30.0)

0 (0.0)

 ≥ 15 yrs

50 (100)

19 (38.0)

7 (14.0)

3 (6.0)

Total

80 (100)

31(38.8)

16 (20.0)

3 (3.8)

Fever cases (≥ 37.5  °C), n (%)

 < 15 yrs

24 (80)

17 (56.7)

7 (23.3)

0 (0.0)

 ≥ 15 yrs

35 (70)

21 (42.0)

4 (8.0)

2 (6.7)

Total

59 (73.8)

38 (47.5)

11 (13.8)

2 (2.5)

Gametocytes carriage, n %)

 < 15 yrs

2 (6.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 ≥ 15 yrs

5 (10.0)

4 (8.0)

3 (6.0)

0 (0.0)

Total

7 (8.8)

4 (5.0)

3 (3.8)

0 (0.0)

  1. D0 Day 0, D1 Day 1, D2 Day 2, D3 Day 3, °C degree centigrade, n number of participants, yrs years, hr hour