Table 1.
Baseline demographic and clinical data of recruited patients
| Screened, n | 291 |
| Recruited, n | 35 |
| Male, n (%) | 20 (57.1) |
| Age, years | |
| Median (IQR) | 14.0 (8.5) |
| < 5, n (%) | 2 (5.6) |
| 5–15, n (%) | 17 (47.2) |
| > 15, n (%) | 17 (47.2) |
| Weight, kg | |
| Median (IQR) | 41.0 (28.0) |
| Clinical profiles (Day 0) | |
| Proportion of patients with fever | |
| n (%) | 23 (65.7%) |
| Temperature | |
| Mean (SD) | 38.5 (0.8) |
| Haemoglobin (g/dL) | |
| Median (IQR) | 12.0 (0.5) |
| Parasite density | |
| Geometric mean (per µL) | 86,063 |
| Min | 22,608 |
| Max | 310,860 |
| Gametocytaemia | |
| n (%) | 3 (8.3%) |