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Table 3 Prevalence (%) of Plasmodium infection among individuals presenting with symptoms consistent with malaria, by province and city

From: Prevalence and distribution of human Plasmodium infection in Pakistan

   

Prevalence*

Province

City

Suspected cases

P. vivax

P. falciparum

Mixed species

All species

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

 

234 (7.7%)

65 (2.2%)

26 (1%)

325 (10.8%)

 

Bannu

895

7.7%

3.2%

1.1%

12.1%

 

Hangu

445

6.7%

3.1%

1.1%

11.0%

 

Peshawar

720

6.0%

0.4%

0.1%

6.5%

 

Thall

950

9.7%

2.0%

1.1%

12.7%

Punjab

  

114 (2.4%)

35 (0.7%)

8 (0.2%)

157 (3.3%)

 

Bhakkar

650

5.4%

0.2%

0.0%

5.5%

 

Lahore

980

1.6%

0.0%

0.1%

1.7%

 

Mainwali

1,205

2.6%

2.0%

0.3%

4.9%

 

Muzaffarghar

688

1.2%

1.5%

0.4%

3.1%

 

Rawalpindi

1,250

1.9%

0.0%

0.0%

1.9%

Balochistan

  

49 (7.4%)

25 (3.8%)

8 (1.2%)

82(12.4%)

 

Quetta

280

1.1%

7.9%

1.4%

10.4%

 

Zhob

380

12.1%

0.8%

1.1%

13.9%

Sindh

  

58 (10.8%)

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.2%)

60 (11.1%)

 

Hyderabad

239

12.1%

0.0%

0.0%

12.1%

 

Karachi

300

9.7%

0.3%

0.3%

10.3%

Capital

  

81 (4.5%)

2 (0.1%)

0 (0.0%)

83 (4.6%)

 

Islamabad

1,800

4.5%

0.1%

0.0%

4.6%

All

 

10,782

5.0%

1.2%

0.4%

6.6%

  1. *Prevalence was calculated by dividing the number of PCR-positive cases by the number of suspected cases.