Table 1 |
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Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax sporozoite antigen positivity rates and parasite ratios (P. falciparum: P. vivax) for monthly catches of human-biting An. punctulatus mosquitoes in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. |
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| Month |
Number processed |
Number infected with |
PF:PV |
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| P. falciparum (%) |
P. vivax (%) |
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| Jan |
118 |
2 (1.7) |
2 (1.7) |
1:1 |
| Feb |
324 |
8 (2.5) |
0 (0.0) |
0 |
| Mar |
1426 |
48 (3.4) |
12 (0.8) |
4:1 |
| Apr |
326 |
14 (4.3) |
0 (0.0) |
0 |
| May |
662 |
6 (0.9) |
0 (0.0) |
0 |
| Jun |
180 |
14 (7.8) |
2 (1.1) |
7:1 |
| Jul |
398 |
32 (8.0) |
4 (1.0) |
8:1 |
| Aug |
574 |
10 (1.7) |
8 (1.4) |
1.3:1 |
| Sep |
219 |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 |
| Oct |
278 |
6 (2.2) |
1 (0.4) |
6:1 |
| Nov |
276 |
3 (1.1) |
2 (0.7) |
1.5:1 |
| Dec |
221 |
11 (5.0) |
1 (0.45) |
11:1 |
| Total |
5002 |
154 (3.1) |
32 (0.6) |
5:1 |
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Bockarie and Dagoro Malaria Journal 2006 5:15 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-15 |
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