Molecular surveillance of drug resistance: Plasmodium falciparum artemisinin resistance single nucleotide polymorphisms in Kelch protein propeller (K13) domain from Southern Pakistan

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of enrolled patients

	All [n = 1016]	P.vivax [n = 767]	P. falciparum [n = 249]
Age^a
≤ 5 years	68 [6.69%]	46 [5.99%]	22 [8.8%]
6–15 years	137 [13.4%]	97 [12.6%]	40 [16.0%]
> 15 years	811 [79.8%]	624 [81.3%]	187 [75.1%]
Sex^a
Male	705 [69.3%]	529 [68.9%]	176 [70.6%]
Female	311 [30.6%]	238 [31.0%]	73 [29.3%]
Parasite density^b [parasites/µl]	11,100 [80–540000]	12,720 [80–540000]	7480 [80–126000]

^aNumber of patients are presented with proportions in brackets
^bParasite densities were available form 216 patients. Median data are presented with range in brackets

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