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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Fever (1. 9 + / - 1. 1 vs. 2. 4 + / - 1. 2 days, P = 0. 02) and parasite clearance (2. 3 + / - 0. 9 vs. 2. 7 + / - 1. 1 days, P = 0. 04) were significantly shorter, and the parasitological cure rate on day 14 (96. 2 % vs. 83. 5 %, P = 0. 02) but not day 28 (79. 4 % vs. 72. 6 %, P = 0. 4), was significantly higher in children treated with pyrimethamine-sulphadoxine-probenecid than in those treated with pyrimethamine-sulphadoxine.