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Table 1 Characteristics of study population

From: Persistence of mRNA indicative of Plasmodium falciparum ring-stage parasites 42 days after artemisinin and non-artemisinin combination therapy in naturally infected Malians

Baseline characteristics All (n = 73)
Age group in years, n (%)
 5 to < 15 55 (75)
 15 to < 25 12 (16)
 25+ 6 (8)
Weight in kg (mean ± SD) 33.4 ± 15.2
Treatment, n (%)
 SP–AQ 18 (25)
 SP–AQ + PQ 18 (25)
 DP 18 (25)
 DP + MB 19 (26)
Asexual parasite prevalence by microscopy, n (%) 43 (59)
Asexual parasite density by microscopy (per μL), median [IQR] 107 [0, 400]
Ring-stage parasite prevalence, n (%) 64 (89)
Ring-stage parasite density (per μL), median [IQR] 633 [7, 2028]
Gametocyte prevalence by qRT-PCR, n (%) 72 (100)
Gametocyte density by qRT-PCR (per μL), median [IQR] 57 [32, 173]
  1. Values may not up to 100% due to missing values
  2. IQR interquartile range