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Seasonal fluctuations in the carriage of Plasmodium vivax gametocytes in Thailand.
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To study the influence of season on Plasmodium vivax gametocyte carriage, the relationship between monthly rainfall and the proportion of P. vivax patients with detectable gametocytaemia was analysed. Most of the data used came from 6807 aggregated observations collected, in a refugee camp on the Thai-Burmese border, between January 2000 and December 2002. There was a positive correlation between rainfall and the incidence of P. vivax infection (Spearman's rho=+0.42; P =0.01) but the prevalen...
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- Published
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- Journal:
- Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology More from this journal
- Volume:
- 98
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 115-120
- Publication date:
- 2004-03-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1364-8594
- ISSN:
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0003-4983
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English
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pubs:20822
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pubs:20822
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20822
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2012-12-19
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- 2004
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