Table 4. Parasite and fever clearance by treatment arm.
Time point | Chloroquine | Artemether-lumefantrine | Chloroquine plus primaquine | Artemether-lumefantrine plus primaquine |
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Parasitaemia | ||||
Day 1 | 64.4% (67/104) | 35.0% (35/100) | 55.9% (57/102) | 28.3% (26/92) |
Day 2 | 4.8% (5/104) | 5.0% (5/100) | 8.8% (9/102) | 0% (0/92) |
Day 3 | 1.9% (2/104) | 0% (0/100) | 0% (0/102) | 0% (0/92) |
Fever | ||||
Day 1 | 10.5% (4/38) | 0% (0/46) | 2.4% (1/42) | 2.6% (1/39) |
Day 2 | 0% (0/37) | 0% (0/45) | 0% (0/43) | 2.6% (1/39) |
Day 3 | 0% (0/36) | 0% (0/45) | 0% (0/42) | 2.6% (1/38) |