Table 3.
Prevalence of Plasmodium species among Misrak-Meskan and Mirab-Meskan localities in Butajira highland fringe areas from October to December, 2006
Locality | Average altitude (a.s.l) |
Total examined N (%) |
Total Positive N (%) |
|
Misrak-Meskan | 2100 m | 711 (65.7) | 38(79.2) | X2 = 3.72, P < 0.05 |
Mirab-Meskan | 2280 m | 371(34.3) | 10(20.8) | |
Total | 1082(100.0) | 48(100.0) |