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Numbers of artesunate 50 mg tablets (4 mg/kg) and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine 500 mg/25 mg tablets (25/1.25 mg/kg) for each weight group
| Mass (kg) | Approximate age (years) | No. of SP tablets (all subjects) | No. of AS tablets (AS/SP subjects) | ||
| Day 0 | Day 0 | Day 1 | Day 2 | ||
| 10–20 | 1 – 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21–35 | 7 – 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| > 35 | 14 + | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
SP: sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine
AS/SP: artesunate/sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine
