Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of treatment group

Variables	Value
Number of patients	39
Loss to follow-up at day 28	2*
Loss to follow-up at day 180	24
Sex N (%)
Female	16 (42.1)
Male	22 (57.9)
Age groups N (%)
5–15 years	5 (13.2)
Adult	33 (86.8)
Body temperature at day 0 (°C) mean ± SD	38.6 ± 1.3
Parasite count at day 0 (per microliter) mean (range)	2,555 (470–15,500)

^*One case was included in the analysis that had the information until day 7.