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. 2018 Aug 9;219(2):315–322. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy484

Table 3.

Cumulative Number of Recurrences of Plasmodium vivax Infection Detected by Microscopy or Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Following a 3-Day Supervised Regimen of Chloroquine (30 mg/kg) Over the 2-Month Monitoring Period, Ratanakiri, Cambodia, 2014.

Variable Relocated Patients (n = 20) Nonrelocated Patients (n = 20)
Day 28 positivity
 By microscopy 0 0
 By real-time PCR 1 (5) 1 (5)
Patients with recurrence
 Symptomatic (real-time PCR+/ microscopy+) 5 (25) 5 (25)
 Asymptomatic (real-time PCR+/ microscopy+) 6 (30) 4 (20)
 Submicroscopic (real-time PCR+) 1 (5) 3 (15)
Day of recurrence detection
 By real-time PCR 42.8 (25–59) 45.7 (28–56)
 By microscopy 47 (33–61) 48.9 (42–56)

Data are number (%) of patients or mean value (range).

Abbreviation: +, positive.