Table 4.

Median Temperatures and Clinical Condition from Day 0 through Day 3

	Day 0		Day 1		Day 2	Day 3
Variable	1st Dose	Second Dose	Third Dose	Fourth Dose	Fifth Dose	Sixth Dose	After Treatment
No. of Plasmodium falciparum isolates/μL, median
CQ	26,667		9080		280		0
AL	22,346		680		0		0
P value	.40		<. 001		<. 001		–
Temperature, median (95% CI), °C
CQ	38.0	36.7	36.4	36.3	36.3	36.2	36.2
AL	38.1	36.7	36.5	36.3	36.2	36.2	36.1
P value	.54	.93	.46	>.99	.09	>.99	.08
Proportion of Children with Poor or Moderate Clinical Condition
CQ	0.93	0.83	0.60	0.54	0.46	0.38	0.11
AL	0.93	0.83	0.65	0.53	0.40	0.29	0.15
P value	.74	.99	.38	.94	.24	.10	.33

NOTE. AL, artemether-lumefantrine; CI, confidence interval; CQ, chloroquine.