Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of isolates used for analysis

Baseline characteristic	P. falciparum (n = 31)	P. vivax (n = 29)
Median (range) delay from venipuncture to start of culture (minutes)	116 (80–180)	131 (75–210)
Median (range) duration of assay (hours)	45 (42–50)	46 (32–50)
Geometric mean (95 % CI) parasitaemia (asexual parasites/μL)	11,832 (9282–15,084)	17,233 (11,902–24,952)
Median initial % (range) of parasites at ring stage	100 (100–100)	95 (70–99)
Mean (95 % CI) schizont count at harvest	43 (36–49)	44 (40–47)

CI, confidence interval