Summary of demographic data, clinical characteristics and laboratory results for P. knowlesi patients [n = 232], P. knowlesi subset [n = 147], P. vivax and P. falciparum patients.

Pre-treatment values and measurements are summarised as median (inter quartile range) except where stated differently. Numbers in square brackets, [] = n when different from total number of patients in each group. The P. knowlesi [147], P. falciparum and P. vivax groups were tested for significant differences with the P. knowlesi [232] group using the Mann-Whitney U Test and the un-paired t test with Welch's correction, Prism 4 for Macintosh, GraphPad Software, Inc. * p = P. knowlesi [232] and §when compared with P. knowlesi [147].