Therapeutic Efficacy of Artemether-Lumefantrine for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Northern Ethiopia

Table 2

Temperature at recruitment versus mean parasite and fever clearance time at Tumuga Health Center, Alamata, November 2009.

Temperature (°C) day 0	Mean PCT	𝑃 value	Mean FCT	𝑃 value
≤37.0	25.43		25.57
37.1–37.5	29.00		29.50
37.6–38	26.52		26.00
38.1–39	26.61		26.32
≥39.1	26.00		25.00
Total	26.47	0.392	26.08	0.178

PCT: parasite clearance time; FCT: fever clearance time.