Volume 19, Number 7—July 2013
Research
Quantifying Effect of Geographic Location on Epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax Malaria
Andrew A. Lover
and Richard J. Coker
and Richard J. Coker
Table 1
Infection data recorded for 677 case-patients in historical studies of Plasmodium vivax infection, circa 1920–1980*
| Infection data | No. (%) patients |
|---|---|
| Neurosyphilis/neurologic treatment patient |
433 (64.0) |
| Recorded data | |
| Exact incubation period only | 356 (52.6) |
| Time to relapse only | 217 (32.1) |
| Exact incubation and time to relapse |
104 (15.4) |
| Infected with | |
| Tropical strains | 275 (40.6) |
| Temperate strains | 402 (59.4) |
| New World strains | 181 (26.7) |
| Old World strains | 496 (73.3) |
*The study population was followed for a mean of 82.5 weeks (SD 31.7, range 2.0–173.0).
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