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Volume 24, Number 4—April 2018
Research

Artemisinin-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum with High Survival Rates, Uganda, 2014–2016

Mie Ikeda, Megumi Kaneko, Shin-Ichiro Tachibana, Betty Balikagala, Miki Sakurai-Yatsushiro, Shouki Yatsushiro, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Masato Yamauchi, Makoto Sekihara, Muneaki Hashimoto1, Osbert T. Katuro2, Alex Olia3, Paul S. Obwoya, Mary A. Auma, Denis A. Anywar, Emmanuel I. Odongo-Aginya, Joseph Okello-Onen4, Makoto Hirai, Jun Ohashi, Nirianne M.Q. Palacpac, Masatoshi Kataoka, Takafumi Tsuboi, Eisaku Kimura, Toshihiro Horii, and Toshihiro MitaComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (M. Ikeda, M. Kaneko, S.-I. Tachibana, M. Yamauchi, M. Sekihara, M. Hashimoto, M. Hirai, T. Mita); Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan (B. Balikagala, T. Tsuboi); Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo (M. Sakurai-Yatsushiro, N. Takahashi); National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Kagawa, Japan (S. Yatsushiro, M. Kataoka); Med Biotech Laboratories, Kampala, Uganda (O.T. Katuro); Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda (A. Olia, D.A. Anywar, E.I. Odongo-Aginya, J. Okello-Onen); St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor, Gulu (P.S. Obwoya, M.A. Auma); The University of Tokyo, Tokyo (J. Ohashi); Osaka University, Osaka, Japan (N.M.Q. Palacpac, E. Kimura, T. Horii)

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Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in study of Plasmodium falciparum ex vivo RSA survival rates, Uganda, 2014–2016*

Characteristics Enrolled RSA results obtained
No. patients 249 194
2014 Oct 16 15
2015 May 74 43
2015 Oct 63 51
2016 June
 96
 85
Sex, no. patients
M 126 92
F
 123
 102
Age, y
Median (IQR)
 3.0 (2.0–4.5)
 2.9 (2.0–4.4)
Fever >37.5°C
No. (%) patients 207 (83) 177 (92)
Median (IQR) body 
temperature, °C
 39 (38.0–39.4)
 39 (38.3–39.5)
Signs and symptoms, % patients
Cough 22 29
Vomiting 21 25
Abdominal pain 11 21
Headache 10 19
Diarrhea 7 10
Convulsion
 7
 8
Day 0 parasitemia, median (IQR), % 1.71 (0.17–4.13) 1.95 (0.85–4)

*IQR, interquartile range; RSA, ring-stage survival assay.

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1Current affiliation: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Kagawa, Japan.

2Current affiliation: Mildmay Uganda-KAMPALA, Kampala, Uganda.

3Current affiliation: Gunma University, Gunma, Japan.

4Deceased.

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