Table 1 Participant baseline characteristics

Sample size (n)

10

8

4

16

Gender (n of male [%])

3 (30)

6 (75)

1 (25)

9 (56)

Age (median [range])

33 (19–60)

28 (18–54)

21 (13–40)

25 (7–61)

Children, < 15 years (n [%])

0

0

1 (25)

2 (13)

Ethnicity (n of Papuan [%])

1 (10)

3 (38)

4 (100)**

13 (81)***

Parasitaemia, count/µL (median [range])

0

5400 (2200–20,100)

10,400 (3200–12,700)

35,200 (75–1,800,000)

Ha4emoglobin, g/dL (median [range])

13.5 (10.6–16.2)

14.3 (10.7–16.3)

13.3 (10.8–14.2)

11.1 (7.3–14.1)*

White cells ×10³/µL (median [range])

7.1 (5.4–12.0)

7.6 (4.2–8.7)

7.0 (4.2–8.3)

10.1 (5.6–50.8)

Neutrophils ×10³/µL (median [range])

3.2 (2.6–4.0)

5.4 (4.3–6.4)*

5.5 (2.5–6.4)

6.7 (4.8–11.8)****

Neutrophilia in adults (n [%])

0

0

0

7 (50)*

Monocytes ×10³/µL (median [range])

0.5 (0.4–0.8)

0.7 (0.2–1.8)

0.7 (0.3–1.1)

0.8 (0.7–2.1)*

Lymphocytes ×10³/µL (median [range])

2.6 (2.4–2.9)

0.8 (0.5–1.1)***

1.0 (0.9–1.3)*

1.6 (1.1–3.2)

CD4+ T-cells per µL (median [range])

1060 (730–1470)

260 (40–980)**

980 (370–990)

440 (50–1540)**