TABLE 2.

Characteristics of isolates with successful in vitro susceptibility assays

Baseline characteristic	Value
	P. malariae	P. ovale
Total no. of isolates reaching successful assay	34	6
Median (range) delay from venipuncture to start of culture (h)	1.96 (0.75-4.08)	1.88 (1.67-3.92)
Median (range) duration of assay (h)	45 (24-72)	38 (29-43)
Geometric mean (95% CI) parasitemia (no. of asexual parasites/μl)	2,861 (2,244-3,648)	2,736 (2,026-3,694)
Mean (95% CI) schizont count at harvest	47 (42-52)	39 (30-49)
Median initial % (range) of parasites at ring stage	20 (0-87)	98 (2-100)