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Table 1 The cases and death of malaria by plasmodium species in China, 2004–2012

From: The epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria in China, 2004–2012: from intensified control to elimination

Characteristic

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Total

Cases

          

 Overall

37537

39656

60193

46673

26358

14098

7389

4088

2451

238443

P. vivax (%)

27410 (73.0)

30399 (76.7)

47687 (79.2)

38441 (82.4)

21168 (80.3)

10678 (75.7)

4901 (66.3)

2414 (59.1)

1020 (41.6)

184118 (77.2)

P. falciparum (%)

3616 (9.6)

3711 (9.4)

2804 (4.7)

1648 (3.5)

996 (3.8)

1033 (7.3)

1288 (17.4)

1429 (35.0)

1353 (55.2)

17878 (7.5)

 Others* (%)

6511 (17.3)

5546 (14.0)

9702 (16.1)

6584 (14.1)

4194 (15.9)

2387 (16.9)

1200 (16.2)

245 (6.0)

78 (3.2)

36447 (15.3)

Death

          

 Overall

32

45

34

14

22

10

14

30

14

215

P. vivax (%)

3 (9.4)

2 (4.4)

4 (11.8)

4 (28.6)

3 (13.6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

16 (7.4)

P. falciparum (%)

29 (90.6)

43 (95.6)

30 (88.2)

10 (71.4)

19 (86.4)

10 (100)

14 (100)

30 (100)

14 (100)

199 (92.6)

  1. *Others contained Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium malariae, mixed infection cases and untyped cases. The numbers in the brackets were the proportions of cases or deaths by plasmodium species in overall number.