Efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-centre analysis

Table 3 PCR-adjusted efficacy, number of failures by Day, and drug categories within 28 days (only in studies using PCR results)*

	artesunate amodiaquine combinations				Other ACT				non-ACT
Day of censure	Recrud. (n)	total	Quotient Day(x)	Free of recrud.	Recrud. (n)	total	Quotient Day(x)	Free of recrud.	Recrud. (n)	total	Quotient Day(x)	Free of recrud.
0	18	4577	0.004	996	4	2741	0.001	999		2637	0.000	998
1	6	4559	0.001	995	4	2740	0.001	997	6	2637	0.002	996
2		4549	0.000	995	2	2735	0.001	996	21	2630	0.008	988
3	1	4527	0.000	995	1	2730	0.000	996	20	2604	0.008	979
7	3	4508	0.001	994		2721	0.000	996	35	2565	0.014	966
14	23	4459	0.005	989	10	2701	0.004	992	89	2452	0.036	932
21	119	4292	0.027	961	32	2654	0.012	980	163	2178	0.075	862
28	87	3745	0.025	939	82	2480	0.033	948	109	1685	0.065	806
Total	257	4577			135	2741			443	2637

*Note: this table does not refer to randomized comparative trials therefore direct comparisons between the groups of this table are not legitimate. ACT: artemisinin combination therapy. Recrud.: recrudescence

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