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Table 5 Proportions of Congolese children with Plasmodium falciparum gametocytaemia before and after treatment with artemether-lumefantrine and artesunate-amodiaquine in Dolisie

From: Prevalence of malaria among febrile patients and assessment of efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine and artesunate-amodiaquine for uncomplicated malaria in Dolisie, Republic of the Congo

Days after treatment

Number of patients with gametocytes/number of patients in the per protocol population (%)

 

Artemether-lumefantrine

Artesunate-amodiaquine

Day 0

5/61 (8.2)

8/60 (13.3)

Day 2

7/61 (11.5)

14/60 (23.3)

Day 3

6/60 (10.0)

12/55 (21.8)

Day 7

3/58 (5.2)

11/56 (19.6)

Day 14

2/58 (3.4)

6/55 (10.9)

Day 21

0/58 (0)

1/50 (2.0)

Day 28

0/58 (0)

0/50 (0)