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. 2021 Dec 17:40:237.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.40.237.30614. eCollection 2021.

Five-year trend analysis of malaria prevalence in Shewarobit, Amhara Regional State, North-central Ethiopia

Tadegew Teshome Shiferawu  1 , Azene Tesfaye Desta  2
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Five-year trend analysis of malaria prevalence in Shewarobit, Amhara Regional State, North-central Ethiopia

Tadegew Teshome Shiferawu et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

Introduction: analysis of the prevalence of malaria infection in health facilities is crucial for transmission dynamics and implementing evidence-based control strategies. The study was to determine a five-year pattern of malaria infection in Shewarobit, Northcentral Ethiopia.

Methods: institutional based retrospective study was carried out to determine the prevalence of malaria infection from a five-year examination of malaria cases at Shewarobit Health Center, Ethiopia. The directory of all malaria cases reported between 2013-2017 was carefully examined and recorded. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0 and the results were presented in tables and figures.

Results: the results confirmed a total of 33,932 malaria suspects were diagnosed using microscopy over the last 5 years, of which 4705 (13.9%) were positive for malaria infection. Out of 4705 positive individuals, 3074 (65.3%) were males and 1631 (34.7%) were females. Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium falciparum, and mixed infection (both species) accounted for 44.8%, 44.1%, and 7.1% of the confirmed cases, respectively.

Conclusion: the study demonstrated that malaria infection is a public health concern in the study area, and Plasmodium vivax was the predominant species. Thus, the district health bureau and other concerned stakeholders should strengthen evidence-based intervention of malaria control strategies to eliminate malaria infection.

Keywords: Trend; malaria; plasmodium species; shewarobit.

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Figures

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Figure 1
annual trends of malaria infection in Shewarobit Northcentral Ethiopia (2013-2017)
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Figure 2
seasonal variation of malaria infection in Shewarobit, Northcentral, 2013-2017
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Figure 3
malaria infection prevalence in relation to sex in Shewarobit, Northcentral Ethiopia, 2013-2017
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Figure 4
malaria infection prevalence in relation to age group in Shewarobit, Northcentral Ethiopia, 2013-2017
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Figure 5
distribution of Plasmodium species in Shewarobit, Northcentral Ethiopia (2013- 2017)
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