Table 5.

Summary of percentages of children who were malaria positive by PCR on days 17 and 24 after one or two antimalarial treatments

		Treatment(s)	Day 17		Day 24a
			N	%	N	%
Microscopy		1 AL	120	18·3	NS	NS
		2 AL	28	39·3	NS	NS
Real-time PCR	P. falciparum	1 AL	120	35·0	7	57·1
		2 AL	28	57·1	7	85·7
	P. malariae	1 AL	120	2·5	7	0
		2 AL	28	21·4	7	28·6
	P. ovale spp.	1 AL	120	0·8	7	0
		2 AL	28	7·1	7	0

^aAll children who were followed up on day 24 had been treated with oral quinine on day 17.

1 AL = one AL treatment, 2 AL = two AL treatments; N = total number of individuals; NS = no slides.