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Table 11 MPPT in areas of DPR Korea with high and moderate Plasmodium vivax malaria transmission in 2002-2007

From: Mass primaquine treatment to eliminate vivax malaria: lessons from the past

Province

Population

Population treated D

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Total

S.Hwangae

2,274,642

74,160

425,475

123,162

33,831

-

2,054,980

2,711,608

N.Hwangae

2,076,473

99,000

-

269,667

88,001

37,8366

1,814,043

2,649,107

Kangwon

1,446,256

43,345

-

-

65,095

-

1,035,238

1,143,678

S.Pyongan

3,977,179

84,354

-

-

113,595

-

-

197,949

N. Pyongan

2,689,779

64,000

-

-

149,178

-

-

213,178

Pyongyang*

-

31,787*

-

-

-

-

-

31,787

Total

12,464,329

396,646

425,475

392,829

449,700

378,366

4,904,261

6,947,277

  1. *Local transmission was not possible in this province. All treated cases were considered as imported with infection acquired outside the city.
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