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Table 1 Number of articles reviewed by species and WHO region inclusion criteria

From: Malaria patient spectrum representation in therapeutic clinical trials of uncomplicated malaria: a scoping review of the literature

WHO Region

 

African

South-East Asia

Americas

Western Pacific

Eastern Mediterranean

Globala

Total per species (%)

P. falciparum

98

31

3

1

0

1

134 (76)

P. vivax

7

9

2

0

3

2

23 (13)

P. knowlesi

0

1

0

0

0

0

1 (1)

Mixed species

5

11

0

1

0

1

18 (10)

Total regional distribution (%)

110 (62.5)

52 (30)

5 (3)

2 (1)

3 (2)

4 (2)

176

  1. aWhen a trial is conducted in multiple sites from different WHO regions
  2. The median number of studies per year was 8.5
  3. Additional file 8 reports the number of studies published by year between January 2001 and July 2021