Table 1

Treatment groups and sample sizes for experiments 1, 2 and 3

Nr mice exp 1

Nr mice exp 2

Days

Dose

CW_avir

CW_vir

CW_avir

CW_vir

4

0

5

5*

4

4#

4

1

5

5**

4

4

4

3

5

5

4

4

4

5

5

5§

4

4

Nr mice exp 3

Days

Dose

CW_avir

CW_vir

1

0

4

4

1

4

4

4

1

8

4

4

1

12

4

4

1

20

4

4

Days: duration of pyrimethamine treatment in days, starting from day 5 after infection. Dose: mg/kg/day. Nr mice: sample sizes for each group, with sample sizes for each experiment. * Each symbol indicates a mouse excluded from analysis, euthanized early in the experiment because of severe anaemia. ^§ 1 mouse excluded, no parasites detected at time of treatment. ^# 4 mice euthanized on d11 and d12 after infection, data have been used where possible.

Schneider et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:257   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-257