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Table 1 Distribution of samples collected from 16 Pakistani sites

From: Prevalence of molecular markers of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine and artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum from Pakistan

Province

Site

Total samples

PCR-confirmed P. falciparum

n

%

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)

Bannu

147

40

27.2

Hangu

17

14

82.4

Peshawar

85

14

16.5

Thall

29

25

86.2

Balochistan

Sui

7

4

57.1

Quetta

43

29

67.4

Deramurad Jamali

45

15

31.9

Zhob

5

4

80.0

FATAa

Khyber Agency

74

57

77.0

Punjab

Rawalpindi

16

10

62.5

Muzafargarh

58

19

32.8

Multan

106

25

23.6

Dera Ghazi Khan

23

9

39.1

Kot Chutta

43

11

25.6

Rajanpur

45

14

31.1

Sindh

Karachi

102

10

9.8

Total

 

845

300

35.5

  1. aFederally administered tribal areas (FATA) is not a province