Table 5.

Gametocyte carriage pre- and posttreatment of malarious children with AA, AL, or DHP

		Posttreatment (%)
Treatment	Pretreatment (day 0) (%)	Day 7	Day 14	Day 21	Day 28	P value*
AA	20/292 (6.8)	14/283 (4.9)	6/285 (2.1)	3/276 (1.1)	1/274 (0.4)	< 0.0001
AL	9/301 (3)	5/295 (1.7)	1/289 (0.3)	2/280 (0.7)	0/275 (0)	0.001
DHP	18/317 (5.8)	5/308 (1.6)	1/307 (0.3)	2/300 (0.7)	2/297 (0.7)	< 0.0001
All treatments	47/910 (5.2)	24/886 (2.7)	8/881 (0.9)	7/856 (0.8)	3/846 (0.4)	< 0.0001
P value†	0.08	0.03	0.046	0.84	1.0‡	–

AA = artesunate–amodiaquine; AL = artemether–lumefantrine; DHP = dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine.

^*Test for trend.

^†Test of proportions.

^‡Children treated with artemether–lumefantrine were not included in the comparison.