Malaria reemergence in northern Afghanistan.
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.
Faulde
Michael K
MK
Central Institute of the Bundeswehr Armed Forces Medical Service, Department of Medical Entomology/Zoology, Koblenz, Germany. michaelfaulde@bundeswehr.org
Hoffmann
Ralf
R
Fazilat
Khair M
KM
Hoerauf
Achim
A
D000346:Afghanistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013997:Time Factors