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. 2007 Sep;13(9):1402-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid1309.061325.

Malaria reemergence in northern Afghanistan

Michael K Faulde  1 , Ralf Hoffmann, Khair M Fazilat, Achim Hoerauf
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Malaria reemergence in northern Afghanistan

Michael K Faulde et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Sep.

Abstract

Field investigations were conducted in Kundoz Province, an Afghan high-risk area, to determine factors responsible for the rapid reemergence of malaria in that country, where 3 million cases were estimated to have occurred during 2002. Results indicate the presence of nonrice-field-dependent Plasmodium falciparum and rice-field-associated P. vivax malaria.

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Plasmodium vivax (Pv) and P. falciparum (Pf) malaria cases reported in Kundoz Province, northern Afghanistan, January 2001–December 2005.
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