Research Article
Whole Blood Stimulation Assay as a Treatment Outcome Monitoring Tool for VL Patients in Ethiopia: A Pilot Evaluation
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of study participants in Gondar, Ethiopia.
| | Variables | | VL patients () |
| | Demographic characteristics | | Male gender, (%) | | 13 (100) | | Age (years), median (min–max) | | 22 (17-27) | | Occupation, (%) | | | | Farmer | | 6 (46.1) | | Daily labourer | | 7 (53.9) | | Literacy, (%) | | 5 (38.4) | | Marital status, (%) | | | | Single | | 12 (92.3) | | Married | | 1 (7.7) | | Migrant worker, (%) | | 12 (92.3) | | Clinical characteristics | | BMI, median (kg/m2) (min–max) | | 16.4 (13.6-18.4) | | Fever, (%) | | 9 (69.2) | | Conjunctival pallor, (%) | | 12 (92.3) | | Edema, (%) | | 6 (46.2) | | Other pathology, (%) | | 3 (23.1) | | Palpable spleen size (cm), | | | | Parasite load (parasites/field), median (min–max) | | 3 (1-6) | | Type of treatment, (%) | PM+SSG | 10 (76.9) | | AmBisome | 3 (38.5) | | Treatment duration (days), median (min–max) | PM+SSG | 17 (15-20) | | AmBisome | 19 (14-22) |
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min: minimum; max: maximum; : total number; SD: standard deviation; PM: paromomycin; SSG: sodium stibogluconate. |
