Country | Region | Diagnostic Technique | Prevalence | References | |
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Afghanistan | Jalalabad | PCR | 0.3% (1/306) | Mikhail et al. 2011 | [34] |
Laghman District | Microscopy | 1 case | Ramachandra 1951 | [35] | |
Chardhi | Microscopy | 1.4% (1/71 infants) | Ramachandra 1951 | [35] | |
Angola | Bengo povince | PCR | 8.1% of malaria positives; 1.3% general | Fancony et al. 2012 | [36] |
Luanda | PCR | 1.2% (1/81 symptomatic) | Pembele et al. 2015 | [37] | |
Bangladesh | Bandarban | PCR | 2.7% (60/2246); 8% of 746 malaria positives; 4.3% of symptomatic patients | Fuehrer et al. 2014 | [38] |
Belize | MoH official data | 0.04% of malaria positives (1990–2008) | Bardach et al. 2015 | [31] | |
Benin | PCR | 8.3% (12/144) | Doderer-Lang et al. 2014 | [39] | |
Botswana | Tutume | PCR | 0.6% (2/320 asymptomatic) | Motshoge et al. 2016 | [40] |
Francistown | PCR | 0.5% (1/195 asymptomatic) | Motshoge et al. 2016 | [40] | |
Kweneng East | PCR | 0.4% (3/687 asymptomatic) | Motshoge et al. 2016 | [40] | |
Brazil | MoH official data | 0.08% (1990–2008) | Bardach et al. 2015 | [31] | |
Apiacás—Mato Grosso State | PCR | 11.9% (59/497) | Scopel et al. 2004 | [41] | |
Amazon Region | PCR | 33.3% (42/126 malaria positives) | Cunha et al. 2021 | [42] | |
Espírito Santo | PCR | 2.3% (2/92) | de Alencar et al. 2018 | [43] | |
Burkina Faso | PCR | 0.1% (1/695 pregnant) | Williams et al. 2016 | [44] | |
Kossi District | PCR | 2.1–13.4% prevalence (decreasing from 2000–2011) | Geiger et al. 2013 | [45] | |
Bassy and Zanga | PCR | 7.4% (8/108) of Pf positives | Culleton et al. 2008 | [46] | |
Laye | Microscopy | 0.9–13.2% (children) | Gnémé et al. 2013 | [47] | |
Burma/Myanmar | Kachin State | PCR | 0.1% (3/2598) | Li et al. 2016 | [48] |
northern Myanmar | Microscopy | 0.04 (2/5585) | Wang et al. 2014 | [49] | |
Burundi | Karuzi | Microscopy | 6.7% (228/3393) | Protopopoff et al. 2008 | [50] |
Northern Imbo Plain | Microscopy | 5% (23/459 malaria positives) | Nimpaye et al. 2020 | [51] | |
Cambodia | PCR | – | Khim et al. 2012 | [52] | |
Ratanakiri | PCR | 2.1% (33/1792) | Durnez et al. 2018 | [53] | |
2007 Cambodian National Malaria Survey | PCR | 0.2% (17/7707) | Lek et al. 2016 | [54] | |
Cameroon | PCR | – | Khim et al. 2012 | [52] | |
Yaoundé region | PCR | – | Tahar et al. 1998 | [55] | |
Adamawa region | PCR | 17.7% (of 1367) | Feufack-Donfack et al. 2021 | [56] | |
Yaoundé region | PCR | 12% (of 122 asymptomatic children) | Roman et al. 2018 | [57] | |
Central African Republic | Dzanga-Sangha Protected Area | PCR | 0.2% (2/95 asymptomatic) | Mapua et al. 2018 | [58] |
Dzanga-Sangha region | PCR | 11.1% (of 540 symptomatic) | Bylicka-Szczepanowska et al. 2021 | [59] | |
Chad | Microscopy | 1 case (infant; mixed with Pf)—imported case in the Netherlands | Terveer et al. 2016 | [60] | |
China | Yunnan | PCR | 1% (1/103) | Li et al. 2016 | [48] |
Colombia | Colombia’s Amazon department | PCR | 38.65% (of 1392 symptomatic) | Nino et al. 2016 | [61] |
MoH official data | 0.03% (1990–2008) | Bardach et al. 2015 | [31] | ||
Colombian Amazon trapezium | PCR | 43.2% (862/1995 symptomatic) | Camargo et al. 2018 | [62] | |
Comores | Grande Comore | PCR | 0.62% (1/159) | Papa Mze et al. 2016 | [63] |
Congo DRC | Kinshasa province | PCR | 39% asymptomatic and 7% symptomatic (of malaria positives) | Nundu et al. 2021 | [64] |
PCR | 3.7% (mixed with Pf of malaria positives) | Kiyonga Aimeé et al. 2020 | [65] | ||
PCR | 1.5% (1/65; mixed with Pf; asymptomatic children) | Podgorski et al. 2020 | [66] | ||
PCR | 4.9% (7/142; 6 mixed with Pf; symptomatic) | Kavunga-Membo et al. 2018 | [67] | ||
Congo Republic | PCR | 0.9% (8 of 851) | Culleton et al. 2008 | [46] | |
Costa Rica | PCR | 4 cases | Calvo et al. 2015 | [68] | |
Cote d'Ivoire | PCR | Khim et al. 2012 | [52] | ||
Yamoussoukro | PCR | 1.6% (7/438) febrile; 2.3% (8/346) afebrile | Ehounoud et al. 2021 | [69] | |
Dominican Republic | MoH official data | 0.02% (1990–2008) | Bardach et al. 2015 | [31] | |
El Salvador | MoH official data | 0.01% of malaria positives (1990–2008); free of malaria since 2021 | Bardach et al. 2015 | [31] | |
Equatorial Guinea | Bioko Island (Ureka, Bareso, Sacriba) | PCR | 10–31% (asymptomatic < 10 years) | Guerra-Neira et al. 2006 | [70] |
Bioko Island | PCR | 15.3% (9/59; blood donors) | Schindler et al. 2019 | [71] | |
Eritrea | Eritrean migrants | 0.7% (of 146) | Schlagenhauf et al. 2018 | [72] | |
Ethiopia | Southern Ethiopia Omo Nada | PCR | 2 mono and 2 mixed with Pf | Mekonnen et al. 2014 | [73] |
Amhara Regional State | PCR | 0.3% (1/359) | Getnet et al. 2015 | [74] | |
French Guyana | MoH official data | 1.39% of malaria positives (1990–2008) | Bardach et al. 2015 | [31] | |
PCR | Case (GenBank: AF138881) | Fandeur et al. 2000 | [7] | ||
Gabon | Franceville | PCR | 2.5% (4/162); febrile children | Maghendji-Nzondo et al. 2016 | [75] |
Lambarene | PCR | 0.5% (1/206) | Culleton et al. 2008 | [46] | |
Fougamou and villages in the surroundings | PCR | 23% (193/834) | Woldearegai et al. 2019 | [76] | |
Gambia | Microscopy | rarely | http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/files/files/countries/Gambia.pdf (accessed: July 25th, 2017) | ||
Ghana | Kwahu-South | PCR | 12.7% (18/142) | Owusu et al. 2017 | [77] |
PCR | 12.8% (45/352) coinfections with Pf | Culleton et al. 2008 | [46] | ||
Ahafo Ano South District of the Ashanti region | PCR | 28% (76/274) school children | Dinko et al. 2013 | [27] | |
Guatemala | MoH official data | 0.01% of malaria positives (1990–2008) | Bardach et al. 2015 | [31] | |
Guinea | PCR | Khim et al. 2012 | [52] | ||
Microscopy | 0.3% (2/724) in young infants, 12.0% (90/748) in children 1–9 years of age, and 5.8% (43/743) in children 10–15y. 97% (131/135) mixed with Pf | Ceesay et al. 2015 | [78] | ||
Guinea-Bissau | PCR | Tanomsing et al. 2007 | [79] | ||
Antula | PCR | 18% (of 60) in 1995; 4% (of 71) in 1996 | Arez et al. 2003 | [80] | |
Guyana | Georgetown | PCR | 3 PCR confirmed cases | Baird et al. 2002 | [81] |
MoH official data | 0.03% of malaria positives (1990–2008) | Bardach et al. 2015 | [31] | ||
Haiti | PCR | Imported to Jamaica | Lindo et al. 2007 | [82] | |
India | PCR | GenBank ID: KU510228 | Krishna et al. unpublished | ||
various | rare | Reviewed in Chatuverdi et al. 2020 | [83] | ||
Odisha | PCR | 9.1% (10/110) mono; 10.9% (12/110) mixed; febrile malaria positives | Pati et al. 2017 | [84] | |
Indonesia | Papua | PCR | Tanomsing et al. 2007 | [79] | |
Flores—Ende District | PCR | 1.9% (of 1509) | Kaisar et al. 2013 | [85] | |
North Sumatra | PCR | 3.4% of 3731 participants; 2.9–11.5% of malaria positives | Lubis et al. 2017 | [29] | |
Iran | Baluchestan | PCR | 1.4% (2/140) | Adel and Ashgar 2008 | [86] |
Kenya | Lake Victoria basin Western Kenya | PCR | 5.3% (35/663) of asymptomatic infections and 3.3% (8/245) of clinical cases | Lo et al. 2017 | [87] |
Kisii district | PCR | 11.6% (84 of 722) | Culleton et al. 2008 | [46] | |
Laos | PCR | Tanomsing et al. 2007 | [79] | ||
northern provinces | PCR | 0.05% (3/5082); 7.7% of PCR positives for malaria; 2 mono + 1 mixed Pv | Lover et al. 2018 | [88] | |
Liberia | Far | microscopy | 39% | Björkman et al. 1985 | [89] |
PCR | 3 cases imported to China | Cao et al. 2016 | [90] | ||
Madagascar | PCR | Khim et al. 2012 | [54] | ||
Ampasimpotsy | PCR | 2.1% (12/559 malaria positives) | Mehlotra et al. 2019 | [91] | |
Malawi | PCR | 1 case imported to China | Cao et al. 2016 | [90] | |
Dedza and Mangochi | PCR | 9.4% of 2918 | Bruce et al. 2011 | [92] | |
Malaysia | Malaysian Borneo | PCR | 2.8% (1/47) | Lee et al. 2009 | [93] |
Sabah | PCR | 0.6% (8/1366); 7 mono + 1 mixed with Pf | William et al. 2014 | [94] | |
Peninsular Malaysia | PCR | 18% (20/111) of malaria positives; 16 mono; 1 with Pf and 3 with Pk | Vythilingam et al. 2008 | [95] | |
Mali | PCR | Khim et al. 2012 | [52] | ||
PCR | 14/603; 3 mono, 10 Pf mix, 1 Pf, PoC mix; pregnant | Williams et al. 2016 | [44] | ||
Northern Mali | PCR | 9.4–22.5% of malaria positives—asymptomatic | Koita et al. 2005 | [96] | |
Mauritania | Boghe-Sahelian zone | Microscopy | 0.03% (1/3445 children); 0.7% (1/143 malaria positives) | Ouldabdallahi Moukah et al. 2016 | [97] |
Hodh Elgharbi (Sahelian zone) | Microscopy | 1.1% (4/378) of malaria positives febrile patients; 0.3% (4/1161) in febrile patiens | Ould Ahmedou Salem et al. 2016 | [98] | |
Mayotte | Mayotte Island | Microscopy | 4% of all malaria positive cases | Maillard et al. 2015 | [99] |
Mozambique | Manchiana and Ilha Josina | PCR | Manchiana: 19.3% (27/140); Ilha Josina: 28.7% (54/188) | Marques et al. 2005 | [100] |
Namibia | Bushmanland | Microscopy | rare | mentioned in Noor et al. 2013 | [101] |
Niger | south-eastern | Microscopy | 1.7% of malaria positves | Doudou et al. 2012 | [102] |
Nigeria | Ibadan area | PCR | 11.7% (69/590), children; mainly mixed infections | May et al. 1999 | [103] |
Eboyi State | PCR | 6.67% mono; 2% mixed with pf of 150 HIV positive patients | Nnoso et al. 2015 | [104] | |
Lafia | PCR | 0.7% (7/960)—3 mono and 4 mixed Pf, asymptomatic children | Oyedeji et al. 2017 | [105] | |
Ibadan | PCR | 66% (352/530) of malaria positive asymptomatic adolescents (ages 10–19 years), mainly mixed | Abdulraheem et al. 2021 | [106] | |
Pakistan | PCR | 1 case imported to China | Cao et al. 2016 | [90] | |
Microscopy | 0.4% (2/521) hospitalized patients | Beg et al. 2008 | [107] | ||
Panama | MoH official data | 0.01% of malaria positives (1990–2008) | Bardach et al. 2015 | [31] | |
Eradicated?—Last case in 1972 | Hurtado et al. 2020 | [108] | |||
Papua New Guinea | East Sepik Province | PCR | 4.62% (100/2162); 75 mono and 25 mixed | Mehlotra et al. 2000 | [109] |
PCR | Oro (0.7%); Eastern Highlands (0.2%); Madang (1.5%); New Ireland (1.3%); East New Britain (0.3%); Bougainville (0.1%) | Hetzel et al. 2015 | [110] | ||
Peru | south-east Amerindian population | microscopy | above 80% of all malaria infections | Sulzer et al. 1975 | [111] |
MoH official data | 0.02% of malaria positives (1990–2008) | Bardach et al. 2015 | [31] | ||
Philippines | Palawan | Microscopy | 0–0.5% | Oberst et al. 1988 | [112] |
Mindanao | PCR | 0.03% (1/2639) asymptomatic | Dacuma et al. 2021 | [113] | |
Rwanda | Rukara Health Centre | PCR | 1% (1/99) | Culleton et al. 2008 | [46] |
Sao Tome/Principe | Principe | Microscopy | 11 cases | Lee et al. 2010 | [114] |
Saudi Arabia | Western regions | Microscopy | 0.5% (48/8925 malaria positives) | Amer et al. 2020 | [115] |
Senegal | Kedougou | PCR | GenBank ID: KX417705 | unpublished | |
southeastern Senegal | PCR | 3.3% of 122 asymptomatic participants | Badiane et al. 2021 | [116] | |
Sierra-Leone | Moyamba District | Microscopy | 2.1% Pm mono | Gbakima et al. 1994 | [117] |
Bo | PCR | 0.4% (2/534) febrile patients | Leski et al. 2020 | [118] | |
Somalia | microscopy | 5% of all malaria positives | reviewed in Oldfield et al. 1993 | [119] | |
Imported to USA—marines | microscopy | 0.9% (1/106) | Newton et al. 1994 | [120] | |
South Sudan | Jonglei State | microscopy | 6 of 392; 7.7% of malaria positives | Omer et al. 1978 | [121] |
Sudan | Gezira | microscopy | 38 of 1987; 4.1% of malaria positives | Omer et al. 1978 | [121] |
East Sudan | PCR | case report | Imirzalioglu et al. 2006 | [122] | |
Red Sea State | microscopy | 1.1% (3/283 malaria positives) | Ageep 2013 | [123] | |
Suriname | MoH official data | 5.25% of malaria positives (1990–2008) | Bardach et al. 2015 | [31] | |
microscopy | 12% of 86 Pf positives | Peek et al. 2004 | [124] | ||
Swaziland | PCR | 0.02% (1/4028) | Hsiang et al.2012 | [125] | |
Tanzania | Zanzibar | PCR | 24—14 mono and 10 mixed Pf | Xu et al. 2015 | [126] |
Zanzibar | PCR | 0.5% (3/594) febrile patients but Pf-RDT negative | Baltzell et al. 2013 | [127] | |
Kibiti District | PCR | 2.4% in 2016 (11.3–16.2% in the 1990’s) | Yman et al. 2019 | [128] | |
Thailand | PCR | Various GenBank entries (e.g. EF206337) | Tanomsing et al. 2007 | [79] | |
Kanchanaburi Province | PCR | 0.2% (2/812) | Yorsaeng et al. 2019 | [129] | |
MoH | 2012: 0.3% (48/16196 malaria positives) 2013: 0.5% (80/14740 malaria positives) 2015: 0.2% (26/12637 malaria positives) 2016: 0.2% (26/15451 malaria positives) | Summarized in Yorsaeng et al. 2019 | [129] | ||
Timor-Leste | Microscopy | 0.57% (6 cases) | Bragonier et al. 2002 | [130] | |
Imported to Australia | 0.6% (3/501 malaria positives from East Timor; 1 mono and 2 mixed) | Elmes 2010 | [131] | ||
Togo | PCR | Khim et al. 2012 | [52] | ||
microscopy | Dorkenoo et al. 2016 | [132] | |||
Uganda | PCR | GenBank ID:AB354570 | Hayakawa et al. 2008 | [133] | |
PCR | 4.8% (48/1000) blood donors; 31.2% of all malaria positives | Murphy et al. 2020 | [134] | ||
Vanuatu | Mentioned in Maguire et al. 2006 | [135] | |||
Venezuela | PCR | Various; e.g. KM016331 | Lalremruata et al. 2015 | [13] | |
Yanomami villages | PCR | 11.8% (75/630); 25 mixed infections | Lalremruata et al. 2015 | [13] | |
MoH official data | 0.09% of malaria positives (1990–2008) | Bardach et al. 2015 | [31] | ||
Vietnam | PCR | Various GenBank entries (e.g. EF206329) | Tanomsing et al. 2007 | [79] | |
Khanh Hoa Province | PCR | 4.8% (6/125) malaria positives | Maeno et al. 2017 | [136] | |
Ninh Thuan Province | PCR | 30.4% (204/671) of malaria positives; 95 mono and 109 mixed infections | Nguyen et al. 2012 | [137] | |
Yemen | Taiz-region | Microscopy | 0.06% (1/1638) asymptomatic | Al-Eryani et al. 2016 | [138] |
highlands | Microscopy | 0.2% (1/455) symptomatic; 1.3% (1/78) Plasmodium positives | Al-Mekhlafi et al. 2011 | [139] | |
Zambia | Nchelenge District | Microscopy | 0.6% (5/782) Children < 10 years; 2.1%, (5/236) of malaria positives | Nambozi et al. 2014 | [140] |
Western and Southern Province | PCR | 1.7% (5/304); 2 mono and 3 mixed Pf | Sitali et al. 2019 | [141] | |
Choma District, Southern Province | PCR | 0.2% of 3292 participants; 2 Pm and 5 Pm + Pf; low transmission area | Laban et al. 2015 | [142] | |
Zimbabwe | Microscopy | 1.8% of 51,962; 8.3% of malaria infections (1972–1981) | Taylor and Mutambu 1986 | [143] |