Table 3. Appearance of new P. vivax infections in patients with P. falciparum monoinfection at the time of treatment.
Study | Population (Location) | Follow-Up | Treatment | Sample Size | New Vivax Infection | p-Value |
Hutagulung et al. [58] | Adults and children >10 kg (Thailand) | 42 d | AL | 225 | 40.0% | <0.001 |
Artesunate-mefloquine | 227 | 12.7% | ||||
van den Broek et al. [66] | Adults and children ≥1 y (Bangladesh) | 42 d | AL | 121 | 20.7% | <0.001 |
Chloroquine-sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine | 122 | 3.3% | ||||
Artesunate-mefloquine | 121 | 5.0% | ||||
Smithuis et al. [64] | Adults and children >6 mo and >5 kg (Myanmar) | 63 d | AL | 137 | 35.8% | <0.001 |
Artesunate-amodiaquine | 129 | 29.5% | n.s. | |||
Artesunate-mefloquine (fixed dose) | 148 | 31% | Reference group | |||
Artesunate-mefloquine (loose tablet) | 130 | 32.3% | 0.0001 | |||
DHA-PQP | 135 | 34% | n.s. | |||
Mayxay et al. [61] | Adults and children ≥1 y (Laos) | 42 d | AL | 110 | 1.5% | n.s. |
Chloroquine-sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine | 110 | 0 | ||||
Artesunate-mefloquine | 110 | 0 |
n.s., not significant.