Table 1.

Prevalence of Plasmodium species in the highland fringes of Butajira area from October to December, 2006

Months*	Individuals examined	Plasmodium species identified
		P.falciparum N(%)	P.vivax N(%)	Total N(%)	X2	P-value
October	366	10 (2.7)	18(4.9)	28 (7.7)	2.38	0.12
November	366	6 (1.6)	12 (3.3)	18 (4.9)	2.05	0.15
December	350	0 (0)	2 (0.6)	2 (0.6)	-	-
	1082	16 (1.5)	32 (3.0)	48 (4.4)

*X² for the trend = 0.49, P > 0.05