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. 2019 Oct 22;63(11):e02116-18. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02116-18

TABLE 1.

Patient characteristics of uncomplicated P. vivax malaria treated by 3 days of chloroquine administration in French Guiana from 2009 to 2015a

Parameter Result for:
P
Total ACPR on
D28
Recurrent
parasitemia
on D28
Patients, no. (%)
    Total 172 164 8
    By yr 0.554
        2009 38 (22.1) 37 (97.4) 1 (2.6)
        2010 37 (21.5) 35 (94.6) 2 (5.4)
        2011 24 (14.0) 24 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
        2012 44 (25.6) 41 (93.2) 3 (6.8)
        2013 11 (6.4) 10 (90.9) 1 (9.1)
        2014 8 (4.6) 7 (87.5) 1 (12.5)
        2015 10 (5.8) 10 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
Gender, no. (%) 0.768
    M/F ratio 2.37 2.35 3.00
    Male 121 (70.4) 115 (95.0) 6 (5.0)
    Female 51 (29.7) 49 (96.1) 2 (3.9)
Age, median yr (range) 33.00 (5–76) 33.00 (5–76) 30.50 (17–56) 0.134
Age group, no. (%) 0.496
    Adults 163 (94.8) 155 (95.1) 8 (4.9)
    5–15 yr old 9 (5.2) 9 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
History of malaria, no. (%) <0.001*
    Yes 56 (32.5) 55 (98.2) 1 (1.8)
    No 93 (54.1) 91 (97.8) 2 (2.2)
    Unknown 23 (13.4) 18 (78.3) 5 (21.7)
Prophylaxis, no. (%) 0.121
    Yes 18 (10.5) 18 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
    No 116 (67.4) 112 (96.6) 4 (3.4)
    Unknown 38 (22.1) 34 (89.5) 4 (10.5)
Days before consultation,
median no. (range)
3 (0–15) 3 (0–15) 1 (0–7) 0.428
Body wt, median
kg (range)
72 (49–158) 72 (49–158) 68 (58–83) 0.493
Body temp, median
°C (range)
39.0 (37.7–40.9) 39.0 (37.7–40.9) 38.9 (37.5–39.6) 0.672
Vomiting, no. (%) 0.671
    Yes 59 (34.3) 57 (96.6) 2 (3.4)
    No 106 (61.6) 100 (94.3) 6 (5.7)
    Unknown 7 (4.1) 7 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
Parasitemia, median
% infected blood
cells (range)
0.15 (0.01–2.00) 0.15 (0.01–2.00) 0.13 (0.02–0.76) 0.218
Hospitalization, no. (%) 0.946
    Yes 23 (13.4) 22 (95.7) 1 (4.3)
    No 98 (57.0) 93 (94.9) 5 (5.1)
    Unknown 51 (29.6) 49 (96.1) 2 (3.9)
a

ACPR, adequate clinical and parasitological response; D28, day 28. *, P < 0.05 (significant difference).