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Incidence and recrudescence of Plasmodium falciparum in 1999 in nine districts of Sri Lanka |
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| District |
P. falciparum cases |
Population |
P. falciparum incidence (× 1000) |
Recrudes-cent cases* |
Number of patients followed for 28 days* |
Proportion re-crudescent* |
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| Anuradhapura |
5,132 |
725,557 |
7.07 |
49 |
99 |
0.49 |
| Badulla |
633 |
1,073,134 |
0.59 |
34 |
100 |
0.34 |
| Hambantota |
1,018 |
495,702 |
2.05 |
35 |
100 |
0.35 |
| Kurunegala |
2,073 |
1,462,149 |
1.42 |
42 |
100 |
0.42 |
| Matale |
1,116 |
495,511 |
2.25 |
36 |
100 |
0.36 |
| Moneragala |
7,215 |
448,226 |
16.10 |
62 |
100 |
0.62 |
| Polonnaruwa |
978 |
319,632 |
3.06 |
50 |
100 |
0.50 |
| Puttalam |
3,375 |
843,410 |
4.00 |
53 |
97 |
0.55 |
| Ratnapura |
2,685 |
1,035,690 |
2.59 |
42 |
100 |
0.42 |
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* Data reproduced with permission of Dr. G.N.L. Galappaththy [7] | ||||||
Briët et al. Malaria Journal 2003 2:22 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-2-22 |
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