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. 2012;7(3):82–88.

Table 1.

Prevalence of Plasmodium species, slide positive rate (SPR), annual parasite incidence (API) and annual blood examination rate (ABER) in Mazandaran Province, Iran, 1997-2012

Year Number of Plasmodium SPR API ABER
Population Slide Positive vivax falciparum malariae Mixed Unknown
1997-8 2,632,191 64,420 58 54 - 1 1 2 0.09 0.022 24.47
1998-9 2,662,724 45,676 54 54 - - - - 0.12 0.020 17.15
1999-2000 2,693,612 41,739 59 55 4 - - - 0.14 0.021 15. 5
2000-01 2,724,858 38,407 60 58 2 - - - 0.16 0.022 14.1
2001-02 2,756,466 42,386 163 161 2 - - - 0.38 0.059 15.39
2002-03 2,788,441 41,214 131 127 4 - - - 0.32 0.046 14.78
2003-04 2,820,787 22,603 83 82 1 - - - 0.37 0.029 8.013
2004-05 2,853,508 28,199 153 150 1 - 2 - 0.54 0.053 9.882
2005-06 2,886,609 23,381 40 40 - - - - 0.17 0.013 8.099
2006-07 2,922,432 21,232 12 10 2 - - - 0.05 0.004 7.265
2007-08 2,951,687 22425 3 3 - - - - 0.01 0.001 7.597
2008-09 2,985,927 21364 11 11 - - - - 0.05 0.004 7.154
2009-2010 3,020,563 21554 10 10 - - - - 0.05 0.003 7.135
2010-11 3,055,602 20461 4 4 - - - - 0.02 0.001 6.696
2011-12 3,091,047 15363 3 3 - - - - 0.02 0.001 4.9701
Total Number
470424
844 821 16 1 3 2
Percentage 100 97.4 1.9 0.1 0.4 0.2