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. 2018 Feb 15;17:81. doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2207-7

Table 2.

Imported malaria country of acquisition in Hubei Province during 2005–2016 by Plasmodium species

Countries of origin P. falciparum % P. vivax % Other Plasmodiuma % Total %
Africa 556 94.08 89 41.40 68 93.15 713 81.11
 Nigeria 92 15.57 2 0.93 8 10.96 102 11.60
 Angola 56 9.48 1 0.47 6 8.22 63 7.17
 Equatorial Guinea 46 7.78 7 3.26 6 8.22 59 6.71
 Congo (Kinshasa) 46 7.78 3 1.40 7 9.59 56 6.37
 Liberia 45 7.61 5 2.33 4 5.48 54 6.14
 Ethiopia 4 0.68 44 20.47 2 2.74 50 5.69
 Congo (Brazzaville) 31 5.25 3 1.40 10 13.70 44 5.01
 Ghana 26 4.40 2 0.93 3 4.11 31 3.53
 Guinea 24 4.06 3 1.40 3 4.11 30 3.41
 Uganda 21 3.55 2 0.93 4 5.48 27 3.07
 Mozambique 23 3.89 0 0.00 2 2.74 25 2.84
 Zambia 22 3.72 1 0.47 0 0.00 23 2.62
 Cameroon 18 3.05 2 0.93 2 2.74 22 2.50
 Other African countries 102 17.26 14 6.51 11 15.07 127 14.45
Asia 35 5.92 123 57.21 5 6.85 163 18.54
 Myanmar 19 3.21 74 34.42 3 4.11 96 10.92
 Cambodia 5 0.85 21 9.77 0 0.00 26 2.96
 Indonesia 7 1.18 9 4.19 0 0.00 16 1.82
 Pakistan 0 0.00 13 6.05 0 0.00 13 1.48
 Other Asian countries 4 0.68 6 2.79 2 2.74 12 1.37
Oceania 0 0.00 2 0.93 0 0.00 2 0.23
 Papua New Guinea 0 0.00 2 0.93 0 0.00 2 0.23
South America 0 0.00 1 0.47 0 0.00 1 0.11
 Guyana 0 0.00 1 0.47 0 0.00 1 0.11
Total 591 100.00 215 100.00 73 100.00 879 100.00

aOthers contained Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium malariae, and mixed infection cases