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Table 2 Treatment outcomes

From: A single low dose of primaquine is safe and sufficient to reduce transmission of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes regardless of cytochrome P450 2D6 enzyme activity in Bagamoyo district, Tanzania

Outcome

Test, n (%)

Early treatment failure

0

Late clinical and parasitological failure

11 (7.7%)

Late parasitological failure

10 (6.9%)

Crude cure rate by day 28

127 (88.8%)

Undetermined PCR outcome by day 28

5 (3.5%)

PCR determined reinfection by day 28

6 (4.2%)

Recrudescences

10 (6.9%)

PCR adjusted ACPR by day 28

133 (93.0%)

  1. ACPR adequate clinical and parasitological response