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. 2016 Jan;111(1):59–66. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760150382

TABLE II. Distribution of Plasmodium spp causing malaria in Colombian gold-mining district between 2010-2013.

Mining district (department) 2010 2011 2012 2013




P. falciparum n (%) P. vivax n (%) P. falciparum n (%) P. vivax n (%) P. falciparum n (%) P. vivax n (%) P. falciparum n (%) P. vivax n (%)
Santa Rosa (Bolívar) 91 (0.09) 256 (0.25) 36 (0.10) 258 (0.40) 9 (0.02) 220 (0.40) 12 (0.02) 261 (0.49)
Itsmina (Chocó) 325 (0.31) 640 (0.61) 124 (0.21) 200 (0.89) 102 (0.19) 217 (0.39) 63 (0.12) 91 (0.17)
Costa Pacífica (Cauca and Valle del Cauca) 1,114 (1.07) 3,388 (3.24) 861 (1.49) 1,457 (2.52) 233 (0.42) 854 (1.56) 525 (0.98) 618 (1.15)
Costa Pacífica Sur (Nariño) 70 (0.07) 28 (0.03) 78 (0.13) 13 (0.02) 827 (1.51) 71 (0.13) 734 (1.36) 93 (0.17)
San Martín de Loba (Bolívar) 12 (0.01) 144 (0.14) 14 (0.02) 160 (0.28) 37 (0.07) 364 (0.66) 20 (0.04) 516 (0.96)
La Llanada (Nariño) 36 (0.03) 4 (0.01) 5 (0.01) 5 (0.01) 17 (0.03) 1 (0.01) 3 (0.01) 6 (0.01)
Mercaderes (Cauca and Nariño) 4 (0.01) 8 (0.01) - 1 (0.01) 2 (0.01) 2 (0.01) - 1 (0.01)
Frontino (Antioquia) 89 (0.09) 892 (0.85) 8 (0.01) 414 (0.72) 19 (0.03) 576 (1.05) 23 (0.04) 823 (1.53)
Northeast Antioqueño (Antioquia) 5,952 (5.70) 15,099 (14.45) 1,793 (3.10) 13,415 (23.22) 1,053 (1.92) 8,506 (15.54) 1,297 (2.41) 6,238 (11.60)
Montelíbano (Córdoba) 2,292 (2.19) 4,147 (3.97) 655 (1.13) 2,900 (5.02) 222 (0.41) 1,644 (3.004) 294 (0.55) 1,185 (2.20)

Total 9,985 (9.60) 24,606 (23.60) 3,574 (6.20) 18,823 (32.60) 2,521 (4.60) 12,455 (22.76) 2,971 (5.52) 9,832 (18.28)

Source: National Health Institute of Colombia using a sispro data base platform (sispro.gov.co).