Table 1.

Demographics of the study population

	Median	Range (min–max)
Body weight (kg)	52.5	39–73.5
Age (years)	25	16–50
Sex (% females)	49.6	–
Admission parasitaemia (/µl)	5320	1260–84,000
PCT (h)	26	14–48
FCT (h)	26	18–42

PCT is the parasite clearance time, FCT is the fever clearance time