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Table 3 Characteristics of P. vivax and P. ovale infections

From: Non-falciparum species and submicroscopic infections in three epidemiological malaria facets in Cameroon

Malaria species

Parasitemia (parasites/µL)

Malaria and parasitemia

G6PD status

Hospital treatment prescribed

Patient outcome

P. ovale curtisia§

4870

Symptomatic and microscopic

G6PD-n

AS + AQ

Discharged

P. ovale curtisib**

850

Symptomatic and microscopic

G6PD-n

AS + AQ

Discharged

P. ovale curtisic**

1453

Symptomatic and microscopic

G6PD-n

AL

Discharged

P. vivax§

1500

Symptomatic and microscopic

G6PD-n

NA

NA

  1. AS + AQ Artesunate + Amodiaquine, AL Artemether + Lumefantrine, G6PD Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, G6PD-n Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase—No deficiency, NA not available;
  2. P. ovale curtisi (samples a, b and c identified in the study)
  3. **Mono-infection
  4. §Co-infection with P. falciparum