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. 2015 Jun 24;14:258. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0775-3

Table 5.

Temperature at base line versus mean parasite, fever and gametocyte clearance time among patients treated with AL

Temperature at base line (°C) (no) Mean PCT P value Mean FCT P value Mean GCT P value
≤37.8 (22) 30.5 24
37.9–38 (20) 37.2 30 32
38.1–38.8 (22) 39.5 38 48
≥38.9 (16) 39 42 60
Total (80) 33.6 0.760 33 0.329 45 0.498

PCT parasite clearance time, FCT fever clearance time, GCT gametocyte clearance time.