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Table 1 Incidence and recrudescence of Plasmodium falciparum in 1999 in nine districts of Sri Lanka

District	P. falciparum cases	Population	P. falciparum incidence (× 1000)	Recrudes-cent cases*	Number of patients followed for 28 days*	Proportion re-crudescent*
Anuradhapura	5,132	725,557	7.07	49	99	0.49
Badulla	633	1,073,134	0.59	34	100	0.34
Hambantota	1,018	495,702	2.05	35	100	0.35
Kurunegala	2,073	1,462,149	1.42	42	100	0.42
Matale	1,116	495,511	2.25	36	100	0.36
Moneragala	7,215	448,226	16.10	62	100	0.62
Polonnaruwa	978	319,632	3.06	50	100	0.50
Puttalam	3,375	843,410	4.00	53	97	0.55
Ratnapura	2,685	1,035,690	2.59	42	100	0.42

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