Research Article
A Retrospective Analysis of Malaria Trends in Maksegnit Health Center over the Last Seven Years, Northwest Ethiopia: 2014-2020
Table 1
Microscopically confirmed malaria cases among individuals who visited Maksegnit Health Center from 2014 to 2020 (
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| Year | Total number of blood films examined | Microscopically confirmed malaria cases, (%) | Pf | Pv | Mixed (%) |
| 2014 | 5972 | 1520 (25.4) | 982 (16.4) | 537 (9.0) | 11 (0.2) | 2015 | 4971 | 807 (16.2) | 422 (8.5) | 311 (6.3) | 74 (1.5) | 2016 | 4987 | 803 (16.1) | 433 (8.7) | 272 (5.5) | 85 (1.7) | 2017 | 2890 | 184 (6.4) | 110 (3.8) | 63 (2,2) | 7 (0.2) | 2018 | 2624 | 167 (6.4) | 111 (4.2) | 46 (1.8) | 5 (0.2) | 2019 | 3970 | 456 (11.5) | 244 (6.1) | 171 (4.3) | 35 (0.9) | 2020 | 2803 | 704 (25.1) | 473 (16.9) | 221 (7.9) | 9 (0.3) | Total | 28217 | 4641 (16.4) | 2775 (9.8) | 1621 (5.7) | 226 (0.8) |
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Pf: Plasmodium falciparum; Pv: Plasmodium vivax.
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