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Table 2 Numbers of malaria risk regions in popular tourist destinations, reflecting changing incidence, highest risk regions and species diagnosed during surveillance

From: The low and declining risk of malaria in travellers to Latin America: is there still an indication for chemoprophylaxis?

  

Average API's in Moderate and High risk regions

  

2004§

Country

Highest risk regions with total provinces/departments‡

2004#

1998

% change API 1998–2004

Highest regional API 2004¥

P.F.

P.V.

Totals

P.V.%

Guatemala

4/26

9.6

15.8

-39%

53.68 (Peten Sur Occidente)

1,300

28,983

30,283

96%

Honduras

5/9

12.6

9.2

36%

26.55 (Islas de la Bahia)

283

9,033

9,316

97%

Brazil

66/5561

28.0

64.0

-56%

242.05 (Tocantins)

75,685

276,021

351,706

78%

Colombia

18/33

26.2

12.1

116%

233.92 (Cordoba)

42,633

69,272

111,905

62%

Ecuador

12/22

12.0

15.2

-21%

64.43 (Quininde)

5,891

22,839

28,730

79%

French Guiana

5/5

147.4

216.4

-32%

231.27 (Maripasuola)

1,901

752

2,653

28%

Peru

12/34

11.7

21.6

-46%

112.60 (Tumbes)

14,740

74,720

89,460

84%

Surinam

6/10

287.39

263.96

9%

686.07 (Upper Saramacca)

12,078

1,494

13,572

11%

Mexico

2/32

0.07

0.44

-84%

0.30 (Oaxaca)

49

3,357

3,406

99%

  1. ‡Data for Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Suriname, & Honduras is taken from PAHO Malaria programs in the America (based on 2002 data), the remaining data is taken from Malaria programs in the Americas (based on 2004 data).
  2. #Data for Brazil, French Guiana & Surinam is 2003 data
  3. ¥Data for Colombia & Suriname is taken from PAHO Malaria programs in the America (based on 2002 data), the remaining data is taken from Malaria programs in the Americas (based on 2004 data).
  4. §Data from 2003