Pre-elimination of malaria on the island of Príncipe

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Malaria indicators on the island of Príncipe 2003-2009

Yeas	Population estimated	Positive cases by passive detection	Incidence (%)	Positive cases by mass screening	Prevalence (%)	Prevalence of malaria species**	Malaria mortality
2003	6157	2537	41.2	ND	ND	ND	7
2004	6255	1565	25.0	ND	ND	ND	10
2005	6355	983	15.5	ND	ND	ND	0
2006	6456	167	2.6	57	1.1	Pf: 53/Non-Pf: 4	0
2007	6558	116	1.8	37	0.7	Pf: 30/Non-Pf: 7	0
2008	6663	31	0.5	ND	ND	ND	0
2009*	6770	51	0.7	52	0.9	Pf: 30/Non-Pf: 22	0

*The 2009 incidence is reported for 11 months of the year for which data is available.
The population are projected from the 2001 census using 1.59% annual growth rate.
ND: not determined.
**Pf: infection with Plasmodium falciparum; Non-Pf: infection with any other three species of malaria (P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae).

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