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Table 5 Adverse events recorded

From: Treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax with chloroquine plus radical cure with primaquine without G6PDd testing is safe in Arba Minch, Ethiopia: assessment of clinical and parasitological response

Adverse events

Follow up days

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 7

Day 14

Fever

12 (11.88%)

0 (0.00%)

1 (1.05%)

1 (1.08%)

2 (2.20%)

Chill

4 (3.96%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

Headache

9 (8.91%)

0 (0.00%)

1 (1.05%)

0 (0.00%)

3 (3.30%)

Nausea

6 (5.94%)

1 (1.03%)

4 (4.21%)

0 (0.00%)

1 (1.10%)

Vomiting

3 (2.97%)

1 (1.03%)

1 (1.05%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

Abdominal pain

5 (4.95%)

3 (3.09%)

2 (2.11%)

2 (2.15%)

1 (1.10%)

Diarrhoea

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

Cough

1 (0.99%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

Weakness

2 (1.98%)

2 (2.06%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

Body ache

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

Itching

0 (0.00%)

2 (2.06%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

Rash

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

Eye discharge

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

Mouth lesion

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

1 (1.05%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

Dark urine

2 (1.98%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)