Table 6.

Parasitaemia data by microscopy and qPCR and pre-patent periods by group

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6
	2,500 PfSPZ 10 µL × 2 IM	2,500 PfSPZ 50 µL × 2 IM	2,500 PfSPZ 250 µL × 2 IM	3,200 PfSPZ 500 µL × 1 DVI	25,000 PfSPZ 10 µL × 2 IM	75,000 PfSPZ 10 µL × 2 IM
	N = 6	N = 6	N = 6	N = 6	N = 6	N = 6
Number of volunteers who became thick blood smear positive (TBS+)	4	1	2	6	6	6
Listing of times to TBS+ (days)	14.0, 15.0, 15.0, 12.0	14.0	16.0, 14.0	11.0, 10.4, 12.3, 10.9, 11.9, 12.2	12.4, 12.4, 13.3, 12.4, 11.1, 12.0	11.8, 11.0, 11.0, 11.0, 12.0, 12.0
Geometric mean time to TBS+ (days)	13.9	14.0	15.0	11.4	12.2	11.4
Listing of parasite density at time of TBS+ (parasites/µL blood)	10.0, 48.0, 6.0, 5.0	34.0	10.0, 27.0	5.0, 1.3, 10.0, 8.0, 12.0, 14.0	4.0, 10.0, 5.8, 10.0, 3.8, 3.3	56.0, 0.8, 0.8, 6.0, 3.3, 6.6
Geometric mean parasite density at time of TBS+ (parasites/µL blood)	11.0	34.0	16.4	6.6	5.5	4.1
Listing of times to qPCR+ (days)	11.0, 11.3, 11.4, 10.0	9.1	11.0, 8.0	6.9, 9.1, 8.0, 8.0, 9.0, 8.9	10.1, 8.0 9.1, 7.0 7.0, 7.1	6.9, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0 7.0, 6.0
Geometric mean of time to qPCR+ (days)	10.9	9.1	9.3	8.3	7.9	6.8