From: Imported malaria cases: the connection with the European ex-colonies
Equatorial Guinea | Rest of sub-Saharan Africa | p value | |
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Cases in the region of Aragon, Spain (1996–2017) (N = 538) | |||
N = 259 | N = 279 | ||
Sex; N (%) | |||
Male | 106 (40.9%) | 211 (75.6%)a | < 0.001 |
Female | 153 (59.1%)a | 68 (24.4%) | |
Age (years); N (%) | |||
< 5 | 41 (16%)a | 21 (7.5%) | 0.009 |
5–14 | 46 (17.9%) | 41 (14.7%) | |
15–39 | 115 (44.7%) | 150 (53.8%)a | |
≥ 40 | 55 (21.4%) | 67 (24%) | |
Plasmodium species; N (%) | |||
P. falciparum | 228 (90.5%) | 220 (91.3%) | 0.755 |
Other Plasmodium | 24 (9.5%) | 21 (8.7%) | |
Place of residence | |||
Urban | 244 (94.2%)a | 202 (72.4%) | < 0.001 |
Rural | 15 (5.8%) | 77 (27.6%)a |
Cases in the main province (2000–2017) (N = 438) | |||
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N = 238 | N = 200 | ||
Reason for travel; N (%) | |||
Immigrant | 68 (28.6%)a | 32 (16.0%) | 0.001 |
VFR | 155 (65.1%) | 141 (70.5%) | |
Traveller | 15 (6.3%) | 27 (13.5%)a | |
Chemoprophylaxis; N (%) | |||
Yes | 41 (17.7%) | 29 (15.5%) | 0.837 |
No | 171 (73.7%) | 141 (75.4%) | |
Incomplete | 20 (8.6%) | 17 (9.1%) |