Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants in survey of PvMSP8 antigenicity at different time points after P. vivax infection
| Characteristics | P. vivax-infected participants | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute vivax patients | Recovered subjects | |||
| 3 months | 9 months | 12 months | ||
| Total (n) | 40 | 35 | 26 | 25 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 28 | 24 | 15 | 16 |
| Female | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
|
Age Mean ± SD |
37.4 ± 12 | 40.0 ± 1.4 | 41.2 ± 12.2 | 41.1 ± 11.8 |
|
Parasitaemia (parasite/µL) Mean ± SD |
5170.8 ± 5238.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. of prior infections | ||||
| 0 | 40 | 35 | 25 | 24 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| > 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. of recorded re-infections | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |