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Table 1 Malaria infection rates during cross-sectional surveys of residents at Ukaysh and Al-Sa’dah, Taiz governorate, Yemen in 2004 and 2005

From: Entomological aspects and the role of human behaviour in malaria transmission in a highland region of the Republic of Yemen

Date

No. examined

No. malaria positive

P. falciparum

P. malariae

Malaria prevalence (%)

Ukaysh

2004

 December

216

33

32

1

15.3

2005

 May

306

99

99

0

32.4

 December

276

86

86

0

31.2

Al-Sa’dah

2004

 December

319

18

18

0

5.6

2005

 May

356

13

13

0

3.7

 December

165

1

1

0

0.6

Total

1638

250

249

1

15.26

  1. Infections were detected by microscope examination of Giemsa-stained blood films