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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 15;49(6):852–860. doi: 10.1086/605439

Table 4. Measures of Outcome in Patients Categorized by Plasmodium Species.

Variable Plasmodium knowlesi
(n = 107)
Plasmodium falciparum
(n = 24)
Plasmodium vivax
(n = 21)
Fever clearance time, h 20 (12–31) 20 (11–37) 16 (4–28)
Parasite clearance time, days 1 (1–2) 3 (2–3.75) 3 (2–3)
Duration of hospitalization, daysa 3 (3–4) 4 (4–5) 4 (3–4)

NOTE. Data are median value (interquartile range).

a

Excludes 2 patients who died and 2 patients with hospital admission and day 1 data only.