Duration of Protection against Malaria and Anaemia Provided by Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Infants in Navrongo, Ghana (original) (raw)
Figure 2
Protective efficacy of individual IPT doses against clinical malaria.
Protective efficacy against first-or-only episode of clinical malaria (history of fever or temperature ≥37.5°C plus malaria parasites detected on a blood smear) by week since treatment for IPTi doses 2, 3 & 4. Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals. The y-axis is truncated at −100 for IPT2 and IPT3, and at −150 for IPT4. No children given SP had malaria during week 2 after IPT4.