Table 2.

Proportion of Patients with Plasmodium vivax Parasites Detected by Microscopy or Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in the First 5 Days Following a 3-Day Supervised Regimen of Chloroquine (30 mg/kg), Ratanakiri, Cambodia, 2014

Day of Positivity, Test	Relocated Patients, % (No.) (n = 20)	Nonrelocated Patients, % (No.) (n = 20)	P a
Day 1
Microscopy	85 (17)	85 (17)	1.0
Real-time PCR	100 (20)	100 (20)	1.0
Day 2
Microscopy	10 (2)	25 (5)	.41
Real-time PCR	80 (16)	95 (19)	.34
Day 3
Microscopy	0	0	1.0
Real-time PCR	70 (14)	55 (11)	.51
Day 5
Microscopy	0	0	1.0
Real-time PCR	20 (4)	35 (7)	.48

^aBy the Fisher exact test.