Molecular investigation of malaria-infected patients in Djibouti city (2018–2021)

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Malaria diagnosis by PCR in patients with suspected malaria consulting three health centres and a referral hospital in Djibouti city in 2018–2021

Year	All PCR-confirmed samples		P. falciparum		P. falciparum-P. vivax		P. vivax
Year	N	%^a	n	%^b	n	%^b	n	%^b
2018	65	81.2	50	76.9	6	9.2	9	13.9
2019	120	64.2	84	70.0	12	10.0	24	20.0
2020	259	75.9	226	87.3	11	4.2	22	8.5
2021	344	68.1	296	86.0	15	4.4	33	9.6
Total	788	70.8	656	83.2	44	5.6	88	11.2

N, Total number of samples; n, number of samples for each Plasmodium spp. or mixed infections. ^aPercentage among all samples tested by PCR by year, ^bpercentage among all PCR-confirmed infected samples by year

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