TABLE 1.

Patient characteristics at baseline

Characteristic of species at enrollment	Value
	P. malariae	P. ovale
No. in evaluable population	46	11
Geometric mean parasitemia (μl−1) (95% CI), range	633 (459-863), 51-10,350	645 (247-1,686), 29-3,225
Males [n (%)]	29 (63)	8 (73)
Age (yr) [median (range)]	13.5 (2-38)	28 (5-53)
<5 yr [n (%)]	6 (13)	0 (0)
5-14 yr [n (%)]	19 (41)	2 (18)
>14 yr [n (%)]	21 (46)	9 (82)
Temp (°C) >37.5 [n (%)]	7 (15)	2 (18)
Hemoglobin (g/dl) [mean (SD)]	9.5 (2.0)	12.2 (3.1)
Anemia (Hb < 10 g/dl) [n (%)]	31 (67)	4 (36)
Gametocyte carriage on admission [n (%)]	12 (26)	5 (46)
Splenomegaly [n (%)]	39 (85)	8 (73)