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Parasite species prevalence of traveler's malaria imported into the USA (2001-2005) from Burkina Faso, Gabon, Republic of Congo / Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana compared to that of the local populations. |
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| Species |
Total number |
Species prevalence (per 100 P. falciparum cases) |
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| Imported to the USA1 |
Local population2 |
Imported to the USA1 |
Local population2 |
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| P. falciparum |
545 |
903 |
- |
- |
| P. vivax |
32 |
0 |
5.9 |
0 |
| P. malariae |
34 |
62 |
6.2 |
6.9 |
| P. ovale |
26 |
29 |
4.8 |
3.2 |
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1 2001–2005, data from [17,31-35] 2 data from the current survey | ||||
Culleton et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:174 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-174 |
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