Study	Reason for exclusion
Agbolosu 1997	Randomized trial of paracetamol versus tepid sponging, but 56.2% of participants did not have malaria.
Aksoylar 1997	Randomized trial of tepid sponging versus antipyretic drugs but participants did not have malaria.
Fasan 1980	Clinical trial of a combination of paracetamol and chloroquine; included no placebo or mechanical antipyretic group.
Ismail 1995	Randomized trial of paracetamol in regimens of artemisinin derivatives; did not compare paracetamol with placebo or mechanical antipyretic group.
Kramer 1991	Randomized, placebo‐controlled trial of febrile children but participants did not have malaria.
Mahar 1994	Open randomized comparison of paracetamol and tepid sponging; participants had fever of presumed viral origin and not malaria.
Newman 1985	Not confirmed malaria patients.
Nwanyanwu 1999	Mechanical measures or non‐treated controls not included.
Sharber 1997	Randomized trial but both arms received paracetamol alone or with tepid sponging.
Steele 1970	Not confirmed malaria patients.
Tarimo 2002	Compared sulphadoxine and pyremethamine with chloroquine.
Thomas 2009	Randomized trial but had paracetamol in both arms. Compared paracetamol only with paracetamol and tepid sponging.