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Table 1 Distribution of malaria cases in 2007 and 2008 in selected municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon

From: Pharmaceutical services for endemic situations in the Brazilian Amazon: organization of services and prescribing practices for Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum non-complicated malaria in high-risk municipalities

  

2007

2008

Municipality

Population

Cases

API

% vivax

% falciparum

Cases

API

% vivax

% falciparum

Rodrigues Alves, AC

13.460

7.710

572, 8

81, 2

19, 2

3.118

231, 6

82, 2

17, 8

Cruzeiro do Sul, AC

77.004

28.339

368, 0

80, 5

19, 5

15.407

200, 1

83, 0

17, 0

Manaus, AM

1.738.641

49836

28, 7

88, 9

11, 7

24.974

14, 4

86, 2

13, 8

Presidente Figueiredo, AM

26.282

4.311

164, 0

86, 0

14, 4

3.235

123, 1

89, 5

10, 5

Ariquemes, RO

85.541

3.618

42, 3

72, 0

28, 0

2.194

25, 6

79, 7

20, 3

Porto Velho, RO

382.829

32.934

86, 0

78, 9

21, 1

23.648

61, 8

85, 4

14, 6

  1. API: Annual Parasitic Index
  2. Source: Virtual Health Library. Ministry of Health. Brazil.