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. 2016 Apr 29;11(4):e0154015. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154015

Table 3. Parasite clearance estimators.

PCX: time to clear X% of parasitemia.

P. falciparum P. vivax Mixed infections
Number quantifiable (%) 67 (58.3%) 23 (41.2%) 4 (36.4%)
    N excluded because of too few data points (%) 15 (13.0%) 16 (29.1%) 4 (36.4%)
    N excluded because of too low parasitemia (%) 28 (24.3%) 15 (27.3%) 2 (18.2%)
    N excluded because of other reason (%) 5 (4.3%) 1 (1,8%) 1 (0.9%)
Number with lag phase (%) 3 (4.5%) 0 0
Duration of lag phase in hours [IQR] (Range) 10 [9.2–10.0] (8.3–10.0) 0 0
Median slope half-life in hours [IQR] (Range) 2.8 [2.3–3.4] (1.4–6.3) 2.7 [2.4–3.2] (2.4–3.2) 3.3 [2.7–3.8] (1.8–4.5)
Median PC50 in hours [IQR] (Range) 4.4 [3.0–6.0] (0.8–17.8) 4.01 (3.0–5.3] (0.1–8.3) 7.9 [6.3–9.4] (1.8–13.6)
Median PC90 in hours [IQR] (Range) 10.9 [8.4–13.9] (4.1–28.4) 10.8 [8.5–12.1] (5.1–20.4) 15.5 [12.7–18.2] (6.0–24.1)
Median PC95 in hours [IQR] (Range) 13.7 [10.9–17.5] (5.6–33.0) 13.7 [10.9–15.3] (7.3–25.6) 18.8 [15.4–21.9] (7.7–28.6)
Median PC99 in hours [IQR] (Range) 20.1 [16.5–24.8] (8.9–46.3) 20.2 [16.5–23.1] (12.3–37.7) 26.5 [21.8–30.7] (11.9–39.0)