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Plasmodium vivax relapse rates following plasmodium falciparum malaria reflect previous transmission intensity

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From 2003 through 2009, 687 of 2885 patients (23.8%) treated for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in clinical studies in Myanmar or on the Thailand-Myanmar border had recurrent Plasmodium vivax malaria within 63 days, compared with 18 of 429 patients (4.2%) from 2010 onward (risk ratio [RR], 0.176; 95% confidence interval, .112–.278; P < .0001). Corresponding data from 42 days of follow-up revealed that 820 of 3883 patients (21.1%) had recurrent P. vivax malaria before 2010, compared with 22 ...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1093/infdis/jiz052

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-7620-4822
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-7951-0745
Publisher:
Oxford University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of infectious diseases Journal website
Volume:
220
Issue:
1
Pages:
100-104
Publication date:
2019-01-29
Acceptance date:
2019-01-28
DOI:
EISSN:
1537-6613
ISSN:
0022-1899
Pmid:
30698794
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:967944
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uuid:23bc2982-daae-41d4-82b1-8f9a7353bcd3
Local pid:
pubs:967944
Source identifiers:
967944
Deposit date:
2019-02-14

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