Table 1.

Included studies in the meta-analysis of malaria parasite prevalence in Ethiopia, 2019.

First author, reference	Year	Region	Altitude	Study group	Sample	Positive	P.F.	P.V.	Mixed	Method of diagnosis
Abate [33]	2013	Amhara	Lowland	Suspected	425	12	1	11	0	Microscopy
Alemu [34]	2011	Oromia	Midland	Suspected	804	42	11	30	1	Microscopy
Alemu [1]	2012	Amhara	Midland	Suspected	59208	23473	17605	5868	75	Microscopy
Argaw [35]	2016	Mixed	Mixed	Suspected	807275	198066	99826	90318	8121	Microscopy
Aschale [36]	2018	Amhara	Lowland	Migrants	385	71	50	7	14	Microscopy
Ayalew [37]	2016	Amhara	Midland	Suspected	392	11	6	5	0	RDT
Belete [38]	2016	SNNPR	Midland	Suspected	324	91	32	48	11	Microscopy
Debo [39]	2016	SNNPR	Midland	Pastoralist	461	28	18	6	4	Microscopy
Dedgeba [40]	2017	SNNPR	Mixed	Suspected	1007	43	8	35	0	Microscopy
Defi [41]	2015	Oromia	Midland	Suspected	6831	4768	4,004	764	0	Mixed
Delil [42]	2016	SNNPR	Midland	Suspected	411	106	27	76	3	Microscopy
Derbie [43]	2017	Amhara	Midland	Suspected	8057	434	233	184	17	Microscopy
Ergete [44]	2018	SNNPR	Mixed	Suspected	54160	22,494	13728	7297	1469	Microscopy
Feleke [45]	2018	Amhara	Midland	Suspected	31810	2670	2087	557	26	Microscopy
Feleke [46]	2015	Oromia	Midland	Suspected	280	48	22	26	0	Microscopy
Ferede [47]	2013	Amhara	Lowland	Suspected	55833	9486	8602	852	32	Microscopy
Gebretsadik [48]	2018	Amhara	Midland	Suspected	27492	2066	1243	734	89	Microscopy
Geleta [49]	2016	Benishangul	Lowland	Children	1523	623	420	63	140	Microscopy
Geleta [50]	2017	Benishangul	Lowland	Pregnant	760	124	86	12	23	Microscopy
Geshere [51]	2014	Oromia	Mixed	Suspected	77534	36966	1303	1357	0	Microscopy
Hailemariam [52]	2015	Oromia	Highland	Suspected	22025	2521	499	1865	157	Microscopy
Hailu [53]	2018	Amhara	Lowland	Children	333	146	0	0	0	Microscopy
Haji [54]	2016	Oromia	Mixed	Suspected	830	170	70	97	3	Microscopy
Karunamoorthi [25]	2009	Oromia	Mixed	Suspected	6863	3009	1946	1052	11	Microscopy
Karunamoorthi [55]	2012	Oromia	Mixed	Suspected	51610	26602	16584	9913	105	Microscopy
Lake [56]	2016	Amhara	Midland	Suspected	2958	2062	1484	392	185	Mixed
Legesse [57]	2015	SNNPR	Mixed	Suspected	317867	105755	75929	25329	4497	Microscopy
Meseret [58]	2016	Oromia	Highland	Suspected	22025	2521	499	1866	157	Microscopy
Regasa [59]	2014	Mixed	Mixed	Suspected	400	28	18	7	3	Microscopy
Tadesse [60]	2018	Oromia	Midland	Suspected	810	204	92	111	1	Microscopy
Tesfa [61]	2018	Amhara	Highland	Suspected	20483	7428	5115	2139	174	Microscopy
Tefera [62]	2014	SNNPR	Midland	Suspected	204	169	39	119	11	Microscopy
Tesfaye [4]	2011	SNNPR	Midland	Suspected	1082	48	16	32	0	Microscopy
Yalew [63]	2017	Amhara	Mixed	Suspected	7878	159	102	35	4	RDT
Yimer [23]	2015	SNNPR	Midland	Suspected	34060	11523	5888	5485	150	Microscopy

Key: PF, P. falciparum, PV, P. vivax, mixed may be mixed regions, RDT: rapid diagnostic test, mixed altitude or mixed diagnosis using microscopy, RDT.