Widespread distribution of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Mauritania on the interface of the Maghreb and West Africa

Table 2 Proportions of malaria infections containing P. vivax and P. falciparum at each of three health facilities sampled in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania

Health facility and year of sampling	Number of cases sampled	P. vivax alone	P. falciparum alone	P. vivax and P. falciparum mixed	Proportion of P. vivax (Pv/[Pv + Pf]) ^a
2012
Teyarett Health Centre	53	49 (92 %)	4 (8 %)	0	0.92
National Hospital Centre	43	16 (37 %)	16 (37 %)	11 (26 %)	0.50
2013
Teyarett Health Centre	73	62 (85 %)	10 (14 %)	1 (1 %)	0.84
Cheikh Zayed Hospital Centre	7	3 (43 %)	4 (57 %)	0	0.43

^aRelative proportions of each species at each hospital are estimated by counting numbers of infections with each species, with each being counted separately from mixed species infections

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