Table 7.

Parasitic clearance

Treatment duration	ASAQ1 (N = 310)	ASAQ2 (N = 315)	AL (N = 311)	Total (N = 936)
Day 0
N	310 (100%)	315 (100%)	311 (100%)	936 (100%)
Density	37781 ± 45652	41863 ± 49049	33958 ± 41474	37880 ± 45575
Day 1
N	198 (64.7%)	194 (61.8%)	206 (66.5%)	598 (64.3%)
Density	3297 ± 8403	3137 ± 14753	3764 ± 14809	3406 ± 13002
Day 2
N	26 (8.6%)	24 (7.7%)	25 (8.1%)	75 (8.1%)
Density	503 ± 787	914 ± 3230	1098 ± 2585	833 ± 2383
Day 3
N	None	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.3%)	6 (0.7%)
Density	-	154 ± 76	464 ± 296	361 ± 282

Data are presented as the number of patients with parasites (N) and as the mean parasite density ± SD for the patients with parasitaemia.