Malaria situation in a clear area of Iran: an approach for the better understanding of the health service providers’ readiness and challenges for malaria elimination in clear areas

Table 4 Malaria screening (case finding) trend in East Azerbaijan province by primary health care, 2004–2018

Years	Numbers of slides^a	screening rate/1000	Slide examination less than 48 h (%)^b
2004	7412	5.5	33
2005	5638	3.88	34.5
2006	4778	3.02	35.8
2007	3415	1.75	39.7
2008	2460	1.1	41.5
2009	2339	0.78	43.8
2010	1739	0.49	56.9
2011	1631	0.44	57.4
2012	2013	0.53	73.8
2013	2366	0.71	84
2014	2604	0.68	87
2015	2427	0.63	90
2016	3007	0.77	87
2017	2623	0.67	90.2
2018	1852	0.46	89
Total	46,304	1.427 (mean)	62.90 (mean)

^aSlides were taken from febrile cases or subjects how had travel history to the endemic areas
^bSlide examination is a period between slide preparation and lab investigation

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