Table 1.

Demographic and parasitological data of the study population.

Characteristics of patients	Values
Mean age (year)	7.9 ± 0.4
Age range	6 months to 15 years
Sex ratio (M/F)	1.3 (53/40)
Geometric mean of parasitemia	19,093 [12,698; 28,707]
Parasite density range (p/μL)	1,000–160,000