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Table 3 Mosquito feeding assays

From: Single low dose primaquine to reduce gametocyte carriage and Plasmodium falciparum transmission after artemether-lumefantrine in children with asymptomatic infection: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

 

AL only

AL + 0.25 mg/kg PQ

AL + 0.40 mg/kg PQ

Study phase A

Number of mosquitoes infected/dissected (proportion)

Follow-up day

 3

0/755 (0)

0/816 (0)

0/862 (0)

 7

0/781 (0)

0/777 (0)

0/767 (0)

 10

0/822 (0)

0/848 (0)

0/890 (0)

 14

0/855 (0)

0/890 (0)

0/841 (0)

Study phase B

Number of mosquitoes infected/dissected (proportion)

Follow-up day

 One day before treatment

207/1402 (0.15)

54/1195 (0.05)

80/897 (0.09)

 3

0/863 (0)

0/1053 (0)

0/1281 (0)

 7

4/2104 (0.002)

0/2179 (0)

0/2016 (0)

  1. AL artemether-lumefantrine; PQ primaquine